Connect Box to Affinda

When something happens in Box, Notis takes the next step in Affinda. Describe what you want in plain English, or start from one of the examples below.

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Examples

Ways Notis can move work from Box to Affinda

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Parse new Box invoices with Affinda

Send newly added Box files to Affinda for structured document parsing, so invoice details are ready without a manual upload step.

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Reparse updated Box documents in Affinda

When a Box file gets a new version, submit the updated document to Affinda so its parsed results can reflect the latest file.

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Parse Box documents requested in comments

Use a new comment on a monitored Box file as a cue to submit that file to Affinda for parsing.

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Parse completed Box Sign documents

When a Box Sign request changes status, have Notis submit the monitored document to Affinda for parsing when it is ready for processing.

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Apply Box corrections to Affinda parsed data

When metadata changes on a monitored Box file, use the supplied correction details to update parsed data for the corresponding Affinda document.

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Record Affinda validation after Box task approval

When a Box task assignment changes state, record an Affinda validation result for the related parsed document using the supplied review outcome.

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Submit Box documents to Affinda on request

Start a document parsing run with a Notis webhook request that identifies a Box file to submit to Affinda.

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Review the Affinda document backlog

On a recurring schedule, list Affinda documents and receive a run report that helps you review the processing backlog.

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Box to Affinda. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Box triggers

Affinda actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Batch Update Annotations

Tool to update multiple annotations in one request. use when you need to modify parsed values or other fields across many annotations at once.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create Collection

Tool to create a new collection. use after you have a valid workspace id and want to group documents by a specific extractor within that workspace.

ActionInstant

Collaboration Details Changed

Triggers when a collaboration's details change (e.g., role, status, expiration). This trigger monitors a specific collaboration and detects when any meaningful field changes, such as role, status, expiration date, access type, or acknowledgment status.

TriggerPolling

Create Document

Tool to upload a new document for parsing. use when you have the document file or a public url and need to extract structured data immediately.

ActionInstant

Comment Changed

Triggers when a comment's content or details change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box comment and detects when any meaningful field changes, such as message text edits, tagged message changes, or modification timestamp updates.

TriggerPolling

Create Organization

Tool to create a new organization. use when you have a unique organization name and want to group resources under it.

ActionInstant

New File Comment Added

Triggers when a new comment is added to a file in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when new comments are detected.

TriggerPolling

Create RESTHook Subscription

Tool to create a new resthook subscription. use after confirming your webhook endpoint is ready to receive document event notifications.

ActionInstant

File Metadata Changed

Triggers when a file's metadata or properties change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when changes are detected in key fields like name, description, size, modification time, parent folder, or status.

TriggerPolling

Create Tag

Tool to create a new tag. use when you need to label documents in a specific workspace.

ActionInstant

File Shared Link Changed

Triggers when a file's shared link settings change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file's shared link and fires when changes are detected in the shared link configuration, such as access level, permissions, password protection, expiration date, or vanity URL.

TriggerPolling

Create Validation Result

Tool to create a validation result. use when recording validation outcomes for a document after parsing.

ActionInstant

New File Version Uploaded

Triggers when a new file version is uploaded to a file in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when new versions are detected.

TriggerPolling

Create Workspace

Tool to create a new workspace. use when you need to programmatically create a workspace container within an organization.

ActionInstant

Trigger Types

Four ways to start an automation.

A trigger is the event that kicks a workflow off. Notis supports four kinds: an event in a connected app, an inbound webhook, a recurring schedule, and soon, your own database.

Integration triggers

Fire when something happens inside a connected app. New Notion page, Stripe charge, Linear issue: any of 1,000+ apps can start a workflow.

New Notion pageStripe chargeCalendar event

Webhook triggers

A unique URL per workflow. Anything that can send an HTTP POST can start an automation, including no-code tools that speak webhooks.

Any HTTP POSTCustom backendIoT event

Works with

ZapierPipedream

Most used

Recurring triggers

Cron-style schedules run a workflow on the clock. Daily standups, hourly syncs, business-hours-only digests: the workhorse of Notis.

Daily · 8:00HourlyWeekdays only

Coming soon

Database triggers

Watch a row, query, or threshold in your own database and fire the moment the data changes. Row inserted, value crosses a limit, query starts matching.

Row insertedValue > limitQuery match

Why AI automation

Classic automation breaks. AI adapts.

Same triggers and actions, smarter middle. AI handles the fuzziness that breaks traditional Zapier-style workflows the moment a field gets renamed.

Classic automationAI automation

Cost

$ · pay per run

$$ · AI models per run

Reliability

Breaks on schema change

Adapts to format changes

Setup

Click 8 dropdowns

Describe it in English

Handles fuzzy

Hard-coded fields only

Reads intent, summarises

Human in loop

Bolted on

Built in · approval inbox

Maintenance

You own every break

Self-heals · we own it

Ease of use

Describe it. Notis builds it.

Skip the visual builder. Tell Notis what you want, in plain English. It writes the workflow, you review and deploy.

You · in the Notis Builder

NEW

“When a row gets added to the Q4 OKRs Notion database and the status is Blocked, send a Telegram message to the owner with a summary of what's blocking, and ping me if there's no reply within 24 hours.”

Notis built this automation:

TriggerRow added to "Q4 OKRs"

Condition✦Status = "Blocked"

AI step✦Summarise the blocker in plain English

ActionDM the row owner with summary

Timeout✦No reply in 24h → ping you

Observability

Watch every run.

Notis Desktop is Mission Control for your AI automations. See every run, replay, edit, or rewind. Set approval gates so Notis pauses before destructive actions.