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Keep important Ably-related Slack messages close

Review a Slack conversation on a schedule and star messages that contain useful decisions or references about Ably work.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

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

Action

Add a star to an item

Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.

Why this helps

Important decisions can disappear into busy Slack conversations before anyone has time to save them.

  • Make useful messages easier to return to
  • Reduce repeated scanning of busy conversations
  • Keep a lightweight trail of relevant decisions

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Ably and Slack to Notis once in the portal.
  • 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis in plain language.
  • 3In one instruction, ask Notis to review the specified Slack conversation history for messages relevant to Ably work and star only messages that contain a useful decision or reference.
  • 4Choose a recurring Notis schedule and select where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real conversation review and confirm the selected messages are appropriate.

Questions about this workflow

What does the scheduled review need to know?

Specify which Slack conversation to review and what counts as a useful Ably-related decision or reference.

Can Notis recover older conversation history?

The Slack history action supports time ranges and pagination. The review can only consider history that Slack returns and the connected account can access.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Ably triggers

Slack actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Set snooze duration

Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Add a custom emoji to a Slack team

Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.

ActionInstant

Add an emoji alias

Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.

ActionInstant

Add a remote file

Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.

ActionInstant

Add a star to an item

Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.

ActionInstant

Add call participants

Registers new participants added to a slack call.

ActionInstant

Add emoji

Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.

ActionInstant

Add reaction to message

Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

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

When this happens · Trigger

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