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Bring recent Slack context into a recurring data review

Pair a scheduled data check with recent history from a specified Slack conversation to make review easier to prepare.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

Action

Fetch conversation history

Fetches a chronological list of messages and events from a specified slack conversation, accessible by the authenticated user/bot, with options for pagination and time range filtering.

Why this helps

Checking a data source and reconstructing the related Slack discussion takes repeated context switching.

  • Bring a chosen Slack conversation's history into a scheduled review.
  • Consider data and discussion context together.
  • Reduce repeated manual channel checking.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect API Ninjas and Slack once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
  • 3In one instruction, describe the data check, Slack conversation, history time range, and how to summarize relevant context.
  • 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real example and confirm the requested history is accessible.

Questions about this workflow

Will this fetch every conversation in Slack?

No. Specify an accessible conversation and any time range or pagination requirements. The action fetches history from a specified conversation.

Does it automatically post a summary back to Slack?

No. This package uses conversation history as input for a review. It does not post a message.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Api ninjas to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Api ninjas triggers

Slack actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Set snooze duration

Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Add a custom emoji to a Slack team

Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.

ActionInstant

Add an emoji alias

Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.

ActionInstant

Add a remote file

Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.

ActionInstant

Add a star to an item

Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.

ActionInstant

Add call participants

Registers new participants added to a slack call.

ActionInstant

Add emoji

Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.

ActionInstant

Add reaction to message

Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Api ninjas and Slack, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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