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Get a daily brief on competitor news

Start the day with a focused scan of competitor coverage, without opening a stack of news tabs.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

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

Action

Search News Articles

Retrieves news articles matching a search and filters.

Why this helps

Keeping up with competitors means repeatedly searching headlines and deciding which stories deserve attention.

  • Review relevant coverage in one place
  • Search using competitor names and topics you specify
  • Spend less time scanning unrelated headlines

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Adafruit IO and Currents API once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or describe it to Notis from any channel.
  • 3Ask Notis to search Currents API for recent news about the competitors and topics you name, then summarize the relevant developments.
  • 4Pick notis_cron as the trigger and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real example and review the report.

Questions about this workflow

What competitors will it search for?

Name the companies or products you want to track in your instruction. Notis uses those terms when searching Currents API.

Can it decide which stories matter?

Notis can summarize and prioritize the returned results based on criteria you give it. It cannot assess coverage that Currents API does not return.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Adafruit IO to Currents api. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Adafruit IO triggers

Currents api actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

List Latest News

Retrieves the latest news articles.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Activities Watch

Starts real-time notifications for activity in workplace apps.

ActionInstant

Get Entity Usage Reports

Retrieves usage statistics for a workplace entity on a specific date.

ActionInstant

List Users

Lists users in a workplace domain or retrieves the latest news articles.

ActionInstant

Search News Articles

Retrieves news articles matching a search and filters.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Adafruit IO and Currents api, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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