Keep a monthly view of the competitor landscape
Set aside less attention for routine market scanning and keep a concise review draft ready each month.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create email draft
Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.
Why this helps
Competitor research is easy to defer until a decision is urgent, when there is little time to build context.
- Research the competitor set you specify on a regular schedule.
- Keep findings and open questions together.
- Review before using insights in decisions or communications.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Bigpicture io and Gmail once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation and describe the competitor summary you want.
- 3Ask Notis to research the named competitors and draft a concise summary with uncertainties.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule and where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real competitor set and review the output.
Questions about this workflow
Will it identify every competitor in the market?
No. Name the companies or define the research scope you want explored; coverage depends on available information.
Can it compare this month to last month?
Provide the earlier findings or a reliable baseline if you want a change comparison.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Bigpicture io to Gmail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Bigpicture io triggers
Gmail actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Modify email labels
Adds and/or removes specified gmail labels for a message; ensure `message id` and all `label ids` are valid (use 'listlabels' for custom label ids).
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create email draft
Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.
Create label
Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account.
Delete Draft
Permanently deletes a specific gmail draft using its id; ensure the draft exists and the user has necessary permissions for the given `user id`.
Delete message
Permanently deletes a specific email message by its id from a gmail mailbox; for `user id`, use 'me' for the authenticated user or an email address to which the authenticated user has delegated access.
Fetch emails
Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.
Fetch message by message ID
Fetches a specific email message by its id, provided the `message id` exists and is accessible to the authenticated `user id`.
Fetch Message by Thread ID
Retrieves messages from a gmail thread using its `thread id`, where the thread must be accessible by the specified `user id`.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Bigpicture io and Gmail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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