Keep stale Canny posts moving
Make sure aging feedback gets a clear next step instead of sitting untouched.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Change Post Status
Tool to change a post's status. use when you need to update a post's workflow stage and optionally notify voters.
Why this helps
Old posts lose visibility when nobody owns the routine of checking and updating their status.
- Prevent feedback from going stale
- Make next steps visible
- Reduce maintenance work
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect 0CodeKit and Canny in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named Stale Post Status Check.
- 3Tell Notis to list posts, identify those matching your age and status rule, and change each qualifying post to the supplied status.
- 4Pick a recurring cron trigger.
- 5Choose a report destination and test with one real run.
Questions about this workflow
Does Canny provide post age?
Use the date information returned for each post, or supply the age rule and available timestamps in your instruction.
Can voters be notified?
Ask Notis to use the notification option when changing status if that option is available in the action.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link 0CodeKit to Canny. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
0CodeKit triggers
Canny actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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