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This action retrieves multiple members from a specified Matrix room, giving you programmatic access to membership lists. It's particularly useful for auditing room participation, synchronizing member data with external systems, or building conditional workflows based on who's present in a room.

Key parameters: Credential to connect with (dropdown selection for your Matrix account credentials—required for authentication), Resource (set to "Room Member" to target membership data), Operation ("Get Many" retrieves multiple members rather than a single user), Room Name or ID (text field where you specify the target room by name or unique ID—required), and Filters (optional section to narrow down results based on specific criteria).

Use cases: Export room membership to a spreadsheet for compliance reviews, trigger welcome messages when new members join, or cross-reference Matrix room members with your HubSpot CRM data to detect access discrepancies.

The Leave Room action programmatically removes the authenticated user from a specified Matrix room. This is essential for cleanup workflows, temporary access scenarios, or automated room rotation strategies.

Key parameters: Credential to connect with (select your Matrix credentials—required), Resource (set to "Room" for room-level operations), Operation ("Leave" removes your bot/user from the room), and Room Name or ID (specify which room to leave—required).

Use cases: Automatically leave project rooms when projects close in your PM tool, exit announcement channels after a set period, or clean up bot presence from rooms that are no longer active.

The Kick action forcibly removes a user from a Matrix room with an optional reason. This moderation tool is invaluable for automated community management, security enforcement, or access control workflows.

Key parameters: Credential to connect with (your authorized Matrix credentials—required), Resource ("Room" indicates room-level action), Operation ("Kick" removes the specified user), Room Name or ID (target room identifier—required), User ID (the Matrix user ID to kick, e.g., @username:matrix.org—required), and Reason (optional text explaining why the user was removed).

Use cases: Automatically kick users who violate community guidelines detected by moderation tools, remove team members from project rooms when they're reassigned, or enforce time-limited access by kicking users after a deadline passes.

This action makes the authenticated user join a specified Matrix room by its ID or alias. It's the foundation for building bots that participate in conversations or for automating presence in dynamic room structures.

Key parameters: Credential to connect with (Matrix credentials for authentication—required), Resource ("Room" for room operations), Operation ("Join" adds your user to the room), and Room ID or Alias (the unique identifier or alias of the room to join—required).

Use cases: Have your automation bot join newly created project rooms automatically, join public announcement rooms based on topic subscriptions, or rejoin rooms after server maintenance.

The Invite action sends a room invitation to a specified Matrix user, enabling automated onboarding and access management workflows.

Key parameters: Credential to connect with (Matrix account credentials—required), Resource ("Room" for room-level operations), Operation ("Invite" sends the invitation), Room Name or ID (the room to invite the user to—required), and User ID (the Matrix ID of the user to invite, e.g., @user:matrix.org—required).

Use cases: Automatically invite new employees to relevant team rooms when they're added to your HR system, send project room invitations when tasks are assigned, or invite external collaborators when contracts are signed in your CRM.

Create new Matrix rooms programmatically with customizable names, presets, and aliases. This action is perfect for dynamic room generation based on business events.

Key parameters: Credential to connect with (Matrix credentials—required), Resource ("Room" for room creation), Operation ("Create" generates a new room), Room Name (human-readable name for the room—required), Preset (dropdown to select room type, e.g., "Public Chat", "Private Chat", "Trusted Private Chat"), and Room Alias (optional unique alias for easier room discovery).

Use cases: Create dedicated rooms for each new client or project automatically, spin up incident response rooms when monitoring alerts trigger, or generate event-specific discussion rooms when calendar events are created.

Retrieve multiple messages from a Matrix room for analysis, archiving, or processing. This action enables conversation monitoring and data extraction workflows.

Key parameters: Credential to connect with (Matrix credentials—required), Resource ("Message" for message operations), Operation ("Get Many" retrieves multiple messages), Room Name or ID (source room for messages—required), Return All (toggle to fetch all available messages or limit results), Limit (number specifying maximum messages to return, e.g., 100), and Other Options (additional parameters for customization).

Use cases: Archive room conversations to external storage, analyze message patterns for engagement metrics, extract action items or keywords from discussions, or sync conversations to ticketing systems.

Send text messages to Matrix rooms programmatically. This is the core action for notifications, alerts, and automated communication.

Key parameters: Credential to connect with (Matrix credentials—required), Resource ("Message" for messaging operations), Operation ("Create" sends a new message), Room Name or ID (destination room—required), Text (the message content—required), Message Type (dropdown, typically "Text"—required), and Message Format ("Plain Text" or other formatting options).

Use cases: Post deployment notifications to DevOps rooms, send daily standup reminders, broadcast system alerts when monitoring thresholds are crossed, or deliver personalized updates based on CRM events.

Upload media files (images, documents, etc.) to Matrix rooms, enabling rich content sharing in automated workflows.

Key parameters: Credential to connect with (Matrix credentials—required), Resource ("Media" for media operations), Operation ("Upload" sends files to Matrix), Room Name or ID (target room for the upload—required), Input Binary Field (name of the binary data field containing the file, e.g., "data"—required), Media Type (dropdown specifying file type: Image, File, etc.), and Additional Fields (optional extra configurations).

Use cases: Automatically share generated reports to team rooms, post screenshots from monitoring tools when issues occur, distribute marketing assets to relevant channels, or upload receipts and documents from form submissions.

Retrieve detailed information about a specific Matrix event by its ID. This action is useful for verification workflows, audit trails, and event-driven processing.

Key parameters: Credential to connect with (Matrix credentials—required), Resource ("Event" for event operations), Operation ("Get" retrieves event details), Room ID (the room containing the event—required), and Event ID (unique identifier of the event to fetch—required).

Use cases: Verify message delivery by checking event status, build audit logs by retrieving event metadata, or create reply chains by fetching original messages.