Keep email decisions beside the Box file
Save the useful context from a file-related email as a Box comment, so you can return to the document without searching your inbox.
Trigger
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
Action
Create comment
Adds a comment by the user to a specific file, or as a reply to an other comment.
Why this helps
Decisions and requested edits are scattered across email threads and the files they refer to.
- Keep key instructions with the related document.
- Make decisions easier to find during review.
- Avoid reopening a long email thread for context.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Agent mail and Box once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it for email-to-file context.
- 3Tell Notis to add a concise comment to the referenced Box file with the email's relevant decision or requested change.
- 4Pick Agent mail's New Email Received trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real email that identifies a Box file and includes useful context.
Questions about this workflow
Will it add a comment for every email?
Describe which email content is relevant and instruct Notis to act only when a message clearly refers to a Box file.
What if the email mentions no file?
Notis needs a reliable file reference to add a comment to the correct Box item. Include a Box file link or identifier in the message.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Agent mail to Box. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Agent mail triggers
Box actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add classification to file
Adds a classification to a file by specifying the label of the classification to add. this api can also be called by including the enterprise id in the url explicitly, for example `/files/:id//enterprise 12345/securityclassification-6vmvochwuwo`.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Add classification to folder
Adds a classification to a folder by specifying the label of the classification to add. this api can also be called by including the enterprise id in the url explicitly, for example `/folders/:id/enterprise 12345/securityclassification-6vmvochwuwo`.
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
Add domain to list of allowed collaboration domains
Creates a new entry in the list of allowed domains to allow collaboration for.
Add initial classifications
When an enterprise does not yet have any classifications, this api call initializes the classification template with an initial set of classifications. if an enterprise already has a classification, the template will already exist and instead an api call should be made to add additional classifications.
Add or update user avatar
Adds or updates a user avatar.
Add shared link to file
Adds a shared link to a file.
Add shared link to folder
Adds a shared link to a folder.
Add shared link to web link
Adds a shared link to a web link.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Agent mail and Box, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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