Make project blockers easier to spot in Bonsai
Use a recurring review to bring stalled work and unanswered questions into one place for action.
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
Blockers stay hidden when project information is reviewed only after a client deadline slips.
- Collect available blockers in one review artifact.
- Make unanswered questions visible.
- Support earlier follow-up on stalled work.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Bonsai and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to identify stated blockers and unanswered questions in Bonsai project context and save a dated review in Drive.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real project that has known open items.
Questions about this workflow
Will it decide that a project is blocked?
Ask Notis to rely on explicit project details and mark uncertainty. It cannot know a blocker that is absent from the available Bonsai context.
Can the report track changes since last week?
Only if prior reports or a baseline are provided. The workflow does not assume historical data that Bonsai does not return.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Bonsai to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Bonsai 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.
Bonsai and Google Drive, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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