Find a clear slot for your trading review
Ask Notis to look for open calendar time around a trading update, then decide when the review should happen.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Find free slots
Finds free/busy time slots in google calendars for specified calendars within a defined time range (defaults to the current day utc if `time min`/`time max` are omitted), enhancing busy intervals with event details; `time min` must precede `time max` if both are provided.
Why this helps
Finding a quiet window for a review can take several calendar checks and pull attention away from other work.
- Check calendar availability over a defined time range.
- Reduce manual back and forth when finding a review window.
- Keep the scheduling request linked to the supplied trading context.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Alpaca and Google Calendar once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, with a clear name and prompt.
- 3Tell Notis to find a free slot using the request's date range and duration, then report the suggested time or create an event if you explicitly want that.
- 4Choose the webhook trigger and where run reports should go.
- 5Send one real request with a date range and duration and review the suggested slot.
Questions about this workflow
Does finding a slot automatically book it?
The Find free slots action searches availability. Tell Notis whether to report a suggestion or follow it with a separate event creation action.
What information is needed to search?
Provide the calendars to check, a time range, and the desired duration. The listed action can default to the current UTC day if the range is omitted, which may not fit your intent.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Alpaca to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Alpaca triggers
Google Calendar actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Insert Calendar into List
Inserts an existing calendar into the user's calendar list.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Update Calendar List Entry
Updates an existing entry on the user\'s calendar list.
Delete Calendar
Deletes a secondary calendar. use calendars.clear for clearing all events on primary calendars.
Update Calendar
Updates metadata for a calendar.
Clear Calendar
Clears a primary calendar. this operation deletes all events associated with the primary calendar of an account.
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
Delete event
Deletes a specified event by `event id` from a google calendar (`calendar id`); this action is idempotent and raises a 404 error if the event is not found.
Create a calendar
Creates a new, empty google calendar with the specified title (summary).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Alpaca and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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