Bring important email updates into Campfire
Share the useful point from an incoming message in the project's Campfire, without forwarding the whole thread.
Trigger
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
Action
Create Chatbot Line
Tool to post a message as a chatbot to a Basecamp Campfire. Use when you need to post messages via a chatbot integration without OAuth authentication.
Why this helps
People who need an update may not see the email, while project discussion happens in Basecamp.
- Bring selected updates into the team's project conversation.
- Share a concise summary instead of a full thread.
- Reduce context switching between email and Basecamp.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Agent mail and Basecamp once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation and name it for Campfire email updates.
- 3In one instruction, tell Notis which email updates to summarize and post using the available Basecamp chatbot integration.
- 4Choose New Email Received as the trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real update email.
Questions about this workflow
Does this action post as a chatbot?
Yes. The selected Basecamp action posts a message as a chatbot to a Campfire.
Can I limit which updates get posted?
Describe the kinds of updates to share in the automation instruction.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Agent mail to Basecamp. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Agent mail triggers
Basecamp actions
Recurring trigger
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Agent mail and Basecamp, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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