Question: When using IFTTT, it's trivial to connect one trigger (*if this*) to one event/output (*then that*). However, I'm interested in using IFTTT for a slightly more complex query, along the lines of *"if this happens 3 times, do that"*.

A [Quora question](https://www.quora.com/Can-you-use-two-or-more-triggers-and-actions-on-IFTTT-How-can-I-do-that/answer/Hans-Andersson-1) discusses this and suggests Numerous as a channel which can be used for more complex triggers, but it turns out that Numerous [had to shut down due to lack of funding](http://blog.numerousapp.com/2016/02/02/numerous-shutting-down-on-may-1.html) several months ago.

A similar question [was asked on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/ifttt/comments/43wpwo/are_there_any_good_alternatives_to_numerous_for/) with no satisfying answer, so I'm asking here in the hope that there is a better solution to my problem: **How can I chain triggers in more complex queries with IFTTT?** Is this even possible now that Numerous has shut down, or will I have to use an alternative service?

Answer: 
Update May 2019. [Stringify is shutting down](https://www.stringify.com/stringifyshuttingdown/).

I've only just discovered this platform, but <https://www.stringify.com/> appears to support both logic processing, 
[![Stringify Action & Condition visualization including two logical ANDs](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ew3q8.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ew3q8.png)
and [sequential actions](https://search.stringify.com/flows/NL8Me0MZX7qCrmlamNgn) in it's flows. It can interact with IFTTT.
In fact you are searching for a IFTTT equivalent with internal variables and eventually fork actions to store a counter for example...

* [Tasker](http://tasker.dinglisch.net/) handles all that but runs only on phones and has only phone events (it can do http call though)
* [Netvibes](http://www.netvibes.com/) manages multiple triggers and actions, but if you want vars you must perform a GET/POST with information through the HTTP call feature