Keep open research questions visible
Bring unanswered questions back into view so the next research session has a useful starting point.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Why this helps
Unresolved questions buried among saved references can stall decisions and cause repeated research.
- Keep unanswered questions in a single review document.
- Make the next research session easier to begin.
- Separate decision questions from the wider collection of references.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Are.na and Google Drive in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation named for your open question review.
- 3Tell Notis to extract and group unresolved questions from the Are.na notes or export supplied for each run, then write them to a Drive document.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real set of research notes and check that the questions are represented accurately.
Questions about this workflow
Can Notis discover questions across my Are.na account automatically?
No Are.na trigger or read action is listed here. Supply the relevant notes or export for Notis to analyze.
Can the review include suggested next steps?
Yes. Ask Notis in the prompt to suggest a next research step for each question, based only on the information supplied.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Are.na to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Are.na triggers
Google Drive actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
Create Comment
Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
Create File or Folder
Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Create a folder
Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.
Create Reply
Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Are.na and Google Drive, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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