# Zap blueprint: Remind me 30 days before a contract renews

**This is a blueprint, not an import file.** Zapier has no public format for importing Zaps, so you rebuild these steps by hand in the Zap editor. It takes about 10–20 minutes (our estimate).
Create a new Zap: https://zapier.com/app/editor
Full recipe: https://recipeagents.usestarbase.com/recipes/contract-renewal-reminder

## Steps
1. **Trigger:** Schedule by Zapier: Every Day
   - Recipe input: Google Sheet: service, renewal date, cost, notice period
2. **Filter by Zapier** (optional): only continue if the input is the kind you want (see the recipe's failure modes).
3. **Action:** ChatGPT (OpenAI): Conversation, or AI by Zapier
   - Paste this prompt and map the trigger fields into the {{...}} placeholders:

```
(No AI needed. A filter and a date formula do the job. Not every recipe needs a model.)
```
4. **Action:** Formatter by Zapier → Utilities → Import JSON / or Code by Zapier, to split the JSON fields (if the prompt returns JSON).
5. **Action:** Gmail: Send Email (to yourself)
6. **Test each step** with a real example, then turn the Zap on. Keep a human approval on anything customer-facing.

## Recipe steps (from the page)
- Daily schedule.
- Find rows where renewal date minus notice period is 30 days away.
- Email yourself with the cost and the cancellation link from the sheet.

## Where it breaks
- Missing notice periods: Default to 30 days when the cell is blank.

App and step names follow Zapier's current app directory as of 2026-10-16. Names change, so search the app in the editor if a step looks different.