Google Forms is not the weak part of many form workflows. The first version is usually good: Google Form -> Google Sheet -> Apps Script trigger -> Slack notification Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode For many teams, this is exactly the right default. The form is easy to create. The response is safely stored in Sheets. Apps Script can run on form submit. Slack gets a message quickly. Nobody needs to introduce a new backend just to know that a lead, inquiry, or internal request arrived. The problem starts later. The Slack notification works, so the team asks for one more thing: include the inquiry type exclude obvious spam show the response row add an owner add a status send an auto-reply retry failed Slack posts split notifications by category count unresolved responses each week Each request is reasonable. Together, they turn a notification script into a small operations system.…