Check city air quality after a Box file comment
Turn a new file comment into a timely air quality lookup for a city your team cares about.
Trigger
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.
Action
Get Air Quality by City
Tool to retrieve real-time air quality data for a specific city. use when you have a valid city name and need current aqi and pollutant levels.
Why this helps
Environmental checks get lost when they depend on someone switching from a document discussion to a separate data lookup.
- Retrieve current air quality for a specified city when a monitored file gets a comment.
- Keep the lookup tied to an existing document conversation.
- Send the run report to a chosen channel.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Box and Ambee once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis to retrieve current air quality for your specified city when a new comment is added to the monitored Box file.
- 4Pick Box's New File Comment Added trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real comment and verify the city lookup.
Questions about this workflow
Can the comment determine the city?
The trigger is described as detecting a new comment on a file. Name the city in your instruction unless you have verified the event provides the needed place.
What does the lookup return?
The Ambee action retrieves real-time air quality for a specific city, including AQI and pollutant levels.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Box to Ambee. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Box triggers
Ambee actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Air Quality by City
Tool to retrieve real-time air quality data for a specific city. use when you have a valid city name and need current aqi and pollutant levels.
Webhook trigger
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Comment Changed
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New File Comment Added
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File Metadata Changed
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Get Air Quality by City
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File Shared Link Changed
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New File Version Uploaded
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Get Air Quality by Latitude and Longitude
Tool to retrieve real-time air quality data for a specific latitude and longitude. use when you need hyper-local air quality readings for given coordinates.
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