Turn open research questions into action
Give important unknowns a place in the queue before they block a decision.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Why this helps
Open questions remain buried in research and reappear later as avoidable blockers.
- Captures unresolved risks
- Defines investigation scope
- Prevents repeated discovery work
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Bigpicture io and Linear in Notis.
- 2Create an automation that creates an issue for material unanswered questions with known context and a proposed resolution path.
- 3Choose a webhook trigger for completed research.
- 4Pick a report channel and test with one open question.
Questions about this workflow
Can it avoid creating duplicates?
Yes. Instruct Notis to check existing issues for the same question before creating one.
Can it distinguish decisions from investigations?
Yes. Describe separate handling for decision questions and data gathering tasks.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Bigpicture io to Linear. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Bigpicture io triggers
Linear actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create linear attachment
Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing linear issue.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create a comment
Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Get create issue default params
Fetches a linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.
Create a label
Creates a new label in linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.
Delete issue
Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.
Get all teams
Retrieves all teams from the linear workspace without requiring any parameters.
Download issue attachments
Downloads a specific attachment from a linear issue; the `file name` must include the correct file extension.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Bigpicture io and Linear, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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