Keep tide predictions in your planning channel
Bring the tide information returned for your chosen beaches into a scheduled Slack update.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Post message to channel
Deprecated: posts a message to a slack channel, direct message, or private channel. use `send message` instead.
Why this helps
Tide details are easy to miss when they live outside the place where plans are discussed.
- See returned tide predictions in a familiar channel.
- Keep beach planning notes alongside team discussion.
- Reduce repeat lookups when coordinating plans.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Beach Day API and Slack once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation named Beach Tide Window Update.
- 3Tell Notis to look up tide predictions for your chosen beaches and summarize the returned information in Slack.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real example and verify the predictions are presented clearly.
Questions about this workflow
Does the workflow calculate the best time to visit?
It can summarize tide predictions returned by Beach Day API. State any decision rules you want Notis to apply in the instruction.
Can I change the beaches?
Yes. Update your plain-language instruction with the beach names or search criteria you want used.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Beach Day API to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Beach Day API triggers
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Recurring trigger
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