Connect Abstract to CommCare

When something happens in Abstract, Notis takes the next step in CommCare. Describe what you want in plain English, or start from one of the examples below.

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Do this · Action

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Examples

Ways Notis can move work from Abstract to CommCare

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Submit Intake Forms After Phone Verification

Verify a phone number through Abstract, then submit the supplied intake data to CommCare as an XForm.

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Invite CommCare Users With Validated Emails

Validate a supplied email through Abstract before asking CommCare to create a web user invitation with the provided role and permissions.

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Turn Processed Text Into CommCare Form Submissions

Ask Abstract to process supplied text, then use the resulting content and supplied XML to submit a CommCare form.

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Submit Intake Forms With Email Checks

Validate an email address with Abstract, then submit the supplied CommCare intake form when it passes validation.

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Review Available CommCare Reports on a Schedule

On a recurring schedule, ask Notis to use Abstract to process a report review instruction and list the reports available in CommCare.

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Create CommCare Reference Tables From Reviewed Text

On a schedule, have Abstract process reference content you provide, then create a new CommCare lookup table from that reviewed information.

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Check CommCare Login Details and Summarize Access

Validate supplied CommCare credentials, then use Abstract to summarize the returned profile details for an access check.

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Submit ODK-Compatible Intake After Contact Checks

Verify a supplied phone number through Abstract, then submit the provided ODK-compatible XForm data to CommCare.

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Abstract triggers

CommCare actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Create Lookup Table

Create a lookup table in a domain.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create Web User Invitation

Create an invitation for a new web user.

ActionInstant

List Reports

List reports configured in a project.

ActionInstant

Single Sign On

Validate a user’s login and retrieve their profile.

ActionInstant

Submit Form ODK Compatible

Submit form data using an ODK-compatible endpoint.

ActionInstant

Submit Form to Application

ActionInstant

Trigger Types

Four ways to start an automation.

A trigger is the event that kicks a workflow off. Notis supports four kinds: an event in a connected app, an inbound webhook, a recurring schedule, and soon, your own database.

Integration triggers

Fire when something happens inside a connected app. New Notion page, Stripe charge, Linear issue: any of 1,000+ apps can start a workflow.

New Notion pageStripe chargeCalendar event

Webhook triggers

A unique URL per workflow. Anything that can send an HTTP POST can start an automation, including no-code tools that speak webhooks.

Any HTTP POSTCustom backendIoT event

Works with

ZapierPipedream

Most used

Recurring triggers

Cron-style schedules run a workflow on the clock. Daily standups, hourly syncs, business-hours-only digests: the workhorse of Notis.

Daily · 8:00HourlyWeekdays only

Coming soon

Database triggers

Watch a row, query, or threshold in your own database and fire the moment the data changes. Row inserted, value crosses a limit, query starts matching.

Row insertedValue > limitQuery match

Why AI automation

Classic automation breaks. AI adapts.

Same triggers and actions, smarter middle. AI handles the fuzziness that breaks traditional Zapier-style workflows the moment a field gets renamed.

Classic automationAI automation

Cost

$ · pay per run

$$ · AI models per run

Reliability

Breaks on schema change

Adapts to format changes

Setup

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Describe it in English

Handles fuzzy

Hard-coded fields only

Reads intent, summarises

Human in loop

Bolted on

Built in · approval inbox

Maintenance

You own every break

Self-heals · we own it

Ease of use

Describe it. Notis builds it.

Skip the visual builder. Tell Notis what you want, in plain English. It writes the workflow, you review and deploy.

You · in the Notis Builder

NEW

“When a row gets added to the Q4 OKRs Notion database and the status is Blocked, send a Telegram message to the owner with a summary of what's blocking, and ping me if there's no reply within 24 hours.”

Notis built this automation:

TriggerRow added to "Q4 OKRs"

Condition✦Status = "Blocked"

AI step✦Summarise the blocker in plain English

ActionDM the row owner with summary

Timeout✦No reply in 24h → ping you

Observability

Watch every run.

Notis Desktop is Mission Control for your AI automations. See every run, replay, edit, or rewind. Set approval gates so Notis pauses before destructive actions.