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.
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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.
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