Weekly Priority Polling via WhatsApp Buttons
Every Friday at 3 PM, your team gets a WhatsApp button poll: 'What should we focus on next week—bug fixes, features, or hiring?' Votes roll in, you see the consensus without a meeting.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Send interactive buttons
Send an interactive button message to a whatsapp number. button messages allow users to quickly respond by tapping up to 3 predefined buttons. perfect for yes/no questions, quick choices, or call-to-action scenarios. note: the message will be delivered to the recipient only if they have texted first.
Why this helps
Neurodivergent founders hate making unilateral decisions and often struggle with consensus-building across distributed teams. Voting threads get lost in Slack, emails are ignored, and the founder defaults to guessing what the team wants, leading to resentment and misalignment.
- Voting happens in WhatsApp where team is already active
- Quick binary or limited choices reduce decision fatigue
- Automatic tallying shows team consensus clearly
- Asynchronous format respects timezone differences
- Removes decision burden from founder alone
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect your Airtable and WhatsApp accounts to Notis.
- 2Create a new automation called 'Weekly Priority Vote' and set the trigger to a recurring schedule (pick 'weekly' on Friday at your preferred time).
- 3Write your prompt: 'Every Friday afternoon, send an interactive button message to the team asking them to vote on top priority for next week. Offer 3 choices (e.g., Bug Fixes, New Features, Hiring). After voting closes, summarize the results.'
- 4Select your WhatsApp team group and reporting channel.
- 5Test by running the automation manually to see the button format and vote options.
Questions about this workflow
How long does voting stay open?
You define this in your prompt. Common options are 24 hours or until EOD Friday. Notis can send a follow-up summary after the window closes.
What if votes are tied?
The prompt can specify a tiebreaker (e.g., 'if tied, defer to the founder's gut' or 'ask for discussion'). Notis will handle edge cases based on your instructions.
Can I include more than 3 options?
WhatsApp buttons limit interactive messages to 3 options. If you need more, use an interactive list action instead.
Can team members change their vote?
WhatsApp button votes are one-time per message. If you need revisions, create a new poll message the next week.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Airtable to Whatsapp. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Airtable triggers
Whatsapp actions
Base Metadata Changed
Triggers when an existing Airtable base changes its name or permission level.
Create message template
Create a new message template for the whatsapp business account. templates must be approved by whatsapp before they can be used. templates are required for marketing messages and messages sent outside the 24-hour window.
Base Schema Changed
Triggers when tables, fields, or views change in an Airtable base.
Delete message template
Delete a message template from the whatsapp business account. this permanently removes the template and it cannot be recovered. only delete templates that are no longer needed.
User Profile Changed
Triggers when the connected Airtable user's profile information changes.
Get business profile
Get the business profile information for a whatsapp business phone number. this includes business details like description, address, website, and contact info.
View Created
Triggers when a new view is created in an Airtable base.
Get media
Get information about uploaded media including a temporary download url. the download url is valid for 5 minutes and can be used to retrieve the actual media file. this is useful for downloading media that was sent to your whatsapp number.
View Deleted
Triggers when a previously known Airtable view is deleted.
Get media info
Get metadata about uploaded media without generating a download url. this is useful for checking file size, type, and hash without downloading the file. use get media if you need the actual download url.
View Metadata Changed
Triggers when an Airtable view changes its name or type.
Get message templates
Get all message templates for the whatsapp business account. templates are required for sending messages outside the 24-hour window and for marketing/utility messages.
Get phone number
Get details of a specific phone number associated with a whatsapp business account.
Get phone numbers
Get all phone numbers associated with a whatsapp business account (waba).
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