Keep Your Backlog Focused by Archiving Done Work
Every Friday, Notis finds all issues marked 'Done' and archives them. Your active board stays lean and your team focuses on what's actually in progress.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Delete issue
Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.
Why this helps
Closed issues clutter your Linear board, making it hard to see what's actually active. Your team scrolls past dozens of completed items to find current work, wasting mental energy.
- Completed issues are automatically archived on a schedule, keeping your board clean
- Team sees only active work, reducing cognitive load during sprint planning
- Eliminates manual archive step and ensures consistent cleanup across teams
- Improves board usability by reducing noise from finished work
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Linear to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis: 'Every Friday at 5 PM, archive all Linear issues with a status of Done.' Or customize: 'Archive completed issues from 2 weeks ago.'
- 3Choose a notification channel if you want confirmation when archival happens.
- 4Set the schedule (e.g., weekly, specific day and time).
- 5Activate and your backlog will auto-clean on schedule.
Questions about this workflow
Can I recover an archived issue if I need it?
Yes. Archived issues are not deleted, just hidden. You can search and restore them anytime if needed.
What if I want to archive on a different schedule?
Adjust the automation: 'Every Monday after standup' or 'The day after sprint ends.' Notis adapts to your workflow.
Can I exclude certain issues from being archived?
Absolutely. Tell Notis: 'Archive Done issues except those with the 'reference' label' and it will skip those.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Agent mail to Linear. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Agent mail triggers
Linear actions
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
Create linear attachment
Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing linear issue.
Create a comment
Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Get create issue default params
Fetches a linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.
Create a label
Creates a new label in linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.
Delete issue
Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.
Get all teams
Retrieves all teams from the linear workspace without requiring any parameters.
Download issue attachments
Downloads a specific attachment from a linear issue; the `file name` must include the correct file extension.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Not just Agent mail and Linear. Any combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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