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See a document at a glance

Get a visual first-page preview when a new email brings in a document you need to review.

Trigger

New Email Received

Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox

Action

LibreOffice Thumbnail

Tool to generate a thumbnail image of a document using libreoffice. use when you need a quick visual preview of a pdf or office file's first page.

Why this helps

Opening each incoming document just to identify it interrupts focused work.

  • See a document's first page without opening the full file.
  • Create a quick visual check for incoming PDFs or office files.
  • Keep the preview result in the automation report.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Agent Mail and Api2pdf once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation and name it for document previews.
  • 3Tell Notis to generate a thumbnail for a document URL in each relevant new email.
  • 4Pick New Email Received as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
  • 5Test with one real email containing an accessible document URL.

Questions about this workflow

Which files can be previewed?

Api2pdf describes this action for PDFs and office files. Provide an accessible document URL in the email.

Will the thumbnail include every page?

The action generates a thumbnail of the first page, giving you a quick visual preview.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Agent mail to Api2pdf. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Agent mail triggers

Api2pdf actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Add Header Footer

Tool to add headers and footers to a pdf document. use when you need consistent page numbering, titles, or custom branding on every page.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Delete PDF

Tool to delete a previously generated pdf. use when you need to immediately remove a pdf by its response id.

ActionInstant

New Email Received

Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox

TriggerPolling

Extract PDF Pages

Tool to extract specific pages from a pdf document. use when you need only certain pages from a larger pdf file.

ActionInstant

LibreOffice PDF to HTML

Tool to convert a pdf document to html using libreoffice. use when you need html output of a pdf file (experimental; images may be excluded).

ActionInstant

LibreOffice Thumbnail

Tool to generate a thumbnail image of a document using libreoffice. use when you need a quick visual preview of a pdf or office file's first page.

ActionInstant

Merge PDFs

Tool to merge multiple pdf documents into a single pdf. use when you need to concatenate several pdfs on the server-side.

ActionInstant

Optimize PDF

Tool to optimize a pdf document to reduce file size while maintaining quality. use when you need to minimize storage or bandwidth for an existing pdf.

ActionInstant

Reorder PDF Pages

Tool to reorder pages of a pdf document. use when you need to rearrange pages into a new order by specifying page indices.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Agent mail and Api2pdf, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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