Start a scheduled eBay market watch
Make recurring product research happen without remembering another task.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Start Collection
Tool to start processing a collection's queued requests. Use after creating or pausing a collection to initiate its queued requests.
Why this helps
A useful collection is easy to forget when market checks compete with service operations.
- Runs recurring research automatically
- Keeps product checks consistent
- Removes calendar reminder overhead
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect 7shifts and Countdown api in Notis.
- 2Create an automation named Daily restaurant market watch.
- 3Tell Notis to start the prepared collection and summarize any operational context from the latest 7shifts data.
- 4Choose notis_cron and set the review cadence.
- 5Send one test run and confirm the report channel.
Questions about this workflow
Can the schedule use the latest staffing context?
Yes, if that context is available to Notis or included in the automation prompt.
What happens if the collection is not ready?
Notis reports the failure so you can review the collection before the next scheduled run.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link 7shifts to Countdown api. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
7shifts triggers
Countdown api actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Clear Collection Requests
Tool to clear all requests from a specified collection. Use when you need to remove all queued requests for an idle collection.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create a new collection
Tool to create a new collection. Use when you need to batch and orchestrate multiple requests on a schedule.
Get Collection
Tool to retrieve details for a single collection by ID. Use when you need collection metadata and counts for a given collection ID.
List Collections
Tool to list all collections for the authenticated account. Use when you need to retrieve paginated collections with filtering, sorting, and timing constraints.
Start Collection
Tool to start processing a collection's queued requests. Use after creating or pausing a collection to initiate its queued requests.
Update an existing collection
Tool to update an existing collection. Use when you need to modify collection settings before scheduling runs.
eBay Autocomplete
Tool to fetch eBay autocomplete suggestions. Use when needing search-term-based suggestions from Countdown API.
Create Destination
Tool to create a destination. Use when you need to set up a new destination for results or notifications.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
7shifts and Countdown api, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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