Schedule your saved Apify task
Let Notis run the task with its saved settings at the cadence your work needs.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Run Task Asynchronously
Tool to run a specific actor task asynchronously. use when you need to trigger a task run without waiting for completion and immediately retrieve its run details.
Why this helps
A useful recurring task still depends on someone remembering when to press run.
- Reuses the task's saved input
- Starts the task on a recurring schedule
- Sends run details to a chosen report channel
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Ably and Apify once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation that starts the saved Apify task on its recurring schedule.
- 3Choose notis_cron as the trigger and set the cadence.
- 4Choose where run reports should go, then test with one real task run.
Questions about this workflow
Will each scheduled run use the same task input?
Yes. This action starts the task using its stored configuration.
Can I change the task input in this automation?
This action does not update task input. Use Update Task Input if the stored configuration needs to change.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Ably to Apify. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Ably triggers
Apify actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Actor
Tool to create a new actor with specified configuration. use when you need to initialize a fresh actor programmatically before publishing or running it.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Dataset
Tool to create a new dataset. use when you need to initialize or retrieve a dataset by name.
Create Actor Task
Tool to create a new actor task with specified settings. use when you need to configure or schedule recurring actor runs programmatically.
Create Task Webhook
Tool to create a webhook for an actor task. use when you need external notifications about task run events (e.g., completion or failure) in downstream systems.
Delete Actor
Tool to delete an actor permanently. use when you need to remove an actor by its id or username~actorname. confirm before calling.
Delete Webhook
Tool to delete a webhook by its id. use when removing a webhook after confirming the webhook id.
Get Actor Details
Tool to get details of a specific actor. use when you need actor metadata by id or username/actorname.
Get all webhooks
Tool to get a list of all webhooks created by the user. use when you need to enumerate webhooks before filtering or maintenance.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Ably and Apify, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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