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Turn Ably channel event follow-ups into Linear issues

A scheduled review can turn clear action items from Ably channel events into trackable Linear work.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

Action

Create linear issue

Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.

Why this helps

Action items buried in event streams are easy to overlook when the day is already full.

  • Create issues from explicit follow-up items in returned event data.
  • Keep issue descriptions tied to source details.
  • Reduce the need to scan event context and copy actions manually.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Ably and Linear once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
  • 3Tell Notis to review available Ably channel events and create a Linear issue only for clear follow-up items with enough supplied context.
  • 4Choose a recurring schedule and where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real event review and inspect the created issue.

Questions about this workflow

Will every event create an issue?

No. Instruct Notis to create issues only for clear follow-up items. The workflow should not invent an action when event details are insufficient.

What if events do not identify the Linear team or project?

Provide the intended team and project in your instruction or available context. The action requires a specified team and project.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Ably to Linear. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Ably triggers

Linear actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Create linear attachment

Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing linear issue.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create a comment

Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.

ActionInstant

Create linear issue

Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.

ActionInstant

Get create issue default params

Fetches a linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.

ActionInstant

Create a label

Creates a new label in linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.

ActionInstant

Delete issue

Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.

ActionInstant

Get all teams

Retrieves all teams from the linear workspace without requiring any parameters.

ActionInstant

Download issue attachments

Downloads a specific attachment from a linear issue; the `file name` must include the correct file extension.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Ably and Linear, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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