Start with the food cost stories that matter
Get a short, practical scan of food cost news before purchasing and planning decisions begin.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
List Latest News
Tool to retrieve the latest news articles from Currents News API. Use when you need a real-time feed of recent articles.
Why this helps
Broad commodity news takes too long to interpret for a busy restaurant operation.
- Reduce research overhead
- Prepare purchasing conversations
- Focus on operational relevance
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect 7shifts and Currents api in Notis.
- 2Create a daily automation with the desired food cost outcome.
- 3Tell Notis to retrieve current food price, agriculture, and supply headlines and summarize likely restaurant relevance.
- 4Choose a daily cron trigger and report channel.
- 5Test with one scheduled run.
Questions about this workflow
Does this provide exact prices?
It provides current news articles. Add a dedicated pricing source for exact market data.
Can I focus on certain categories?
Yes. Name categories such as poultry, produce, dairy, or coffee.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link 7shifts to Currents api. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
7shifts triggers
Currents api actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
List Latest News
Tool to retrieve the latest news articles from Currents News API. Use when you need a real-time feed of recent articles.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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Get Entity Usage Reports
Tool to retrieve usage statistics for a specific Google Workspace entity. Use when you need to analyze entity usage on a particular date.
List Users
Tool to list users in a Google Workspace domain. Note: - When the provided base_url points to Currents News API (api.currentsapi.services), this action will gracefully fall back to listing latest news articles to ensure a valid response, since the Currents News API does not expose a users endpoint. - When the base_url points to Google Admin Directory API, it will list users from the domain/customer specified.
Get User Usage Report
Tool to retrieve the usage report for a specified user on a given date. Use after confirming the userKey and date. Use when detailed usage metrics are needed for auditing or monitoring.
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When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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