Turn channel history into a quick handoff
Start the next work period with the decisions and follow-ups already gathered from recent channel messages.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get Channel History
Retrieves the message history for a channel.
Why this helps
Useful document decisions get buried in chat history, leaving the next person to scroll and reconstruct what happened.
- Summarize recent messages from a chosen channel.
- Highlight explicit decisions and follow-ups in the available history.
- Give the next person a compact handoff.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Affinda and Ably once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Tell Notis which channel and time window to review and to publish a concise handoff summary of its recent messages.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real channel and a useful history window.
Questions about this workflow
Can the history include all channel messages?
Ably returns paginated history subject to request parameters. Set an appropriate period and limit for the summary.
Can the summary include Affinda document details?
Yes, if relevant details are available to the automation from Affinda or are included in the request context.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Affinda to Ably. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Affinda triggers
Ably actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Query Batch Presence
Retrieves presence states for members across multiple channels.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Query Batch Presence History
Retrieves presence history for members across multiple channels.
Delete Channel Subscription
Unsubscribes devices or clients from channel push notifications.
Get Channel Details
Retrieves a channel’s status, activity, and occupancy details.
Get Channel History
Retrieves the message history for a channel.
Get Channel Presence
Get the members currently connected and active on a channel.
Get Channel Presence History
Retrieves the presence event history for a channel.
Get Message Versions
Retrieve all historical versions of a channel message, including updates and deletions.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Affinda and Ably, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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