Monitor SSL certificate expiry with spreadsheet and email alerts

Checks every website's SSL certificate weekly and emails you well before any of them expire.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; runs once per each website in list.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14)

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Starts itRuns once per itemA record or sheetOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Email AutomationMessaging & NotificationsSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
Google SheetsEmail

The problem it solves

An expired SSL certificate can knock your site offline and throw a scary warning at every visitor, but it's easy to lose track of renewal dates across several websites. You don't want to find out your certificate expired from an angry customer.

Who it fits

IT teams or agencies managing SSL certificates across multiple websites.

How it works

  1. Runs automatically every week
  2. Reads the list of websites from your spreadsheet
  3. Checks each site's SSL certificate for its issue and expiry dates
  4. Updates the spreadsheet with the latest certificate status
  5. Emails you a warning for any certificate expiring within two weeks
What you get

Certificates renewed before they ever lapse

You get a weekly check of every website's SSL certificate, with an email warning you well before any of them expire.

What you get

An always-current spreadsheet of certificate statuses and an email warning before anything expires.

What you need

A Google Sheets account and an email account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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