Make room to respond when a sensor needs attention
When a device sends an alert, give the investigation a place on your calendar before it slips down the list.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
Why this helps
Device alerts can arrive while you are in the middle of other work, then disappear into a busy inbox before you investigate.
- Reserve focused time to investigate important device alerts.
- Keep an alert from becoming an easy-to-forget follow-up.
- Use the incoming payload to summarize the reason for the block when available.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Adafruit IO and Google Calendar once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a clear name.
- 3Tell Notis to create a response block when the webhook payload reports a sensor condition that needs investigation.
- 4Pick the webhook trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real Adafruit IO alert and check the calendar event.
Questions about this workflow
Does Adafruit IO provide the trigger for this workflow?
No Adafruit IO trigger event is listed here. Start the automation with a Notis webhook and send it an HTTP request when your alert process detects a condition worth investigating.
What event time will be scheduled?
Tell Notis how to choose a suitable time and block length. If the webhook payload does not include usable timing details, provide those rules in the instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Adafruit IO to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Adafruit IO triggers
Google Calendar actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Insert Calendar into List
Inserts an existing calendar into the user's calendar list.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Update Calendar List Entry
Updates an existing entry on the user\'s calendar list.
Delete Calendar
Deletes a secondary calendar. use calendars.clear for clearing all events on primary calendars.
Update Calendar
Updates metadata for a calendar.
Clear Calendar
Clears a primary calendar. this operation deletes all events associated with the primary calendar of an account.
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
Delete event
Deletes a specified event by `event id` from a google calendar (`calendar id`); this action is idempotent and raises a 404 error if the event is not found.
Create a calendar
Creates a new, empty google calendar with the specified title (summary).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Adafruit IO and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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