Keep important Box folder changes in view
Give meaningful folder changes a place in your project notes and handoffs.
Trigger
Folder Properties Changed
Triggers when a folder's core properties change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box folder and fires when changes are detected in properties like name, description, modification time, parent folder, item status, or shared link settings.
Action
Create doc
Creates a new coda doc, optionally copying an existing doc. note that creating a doc requires you to be a doc maker in the applicable workspace (or be auto-promoted to one).
Why this helps
Folder moves, renames, and status changes can disrupt a team's mental map of where shared work lives.
- Capture meaningful folder changes in project context
- Make moves and renames easier to notice
- Keep folder handoffs from becoming a memory task
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Box and Coda once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a clear name.
- 3Ask Notis in one instruction to create a Coda project brief for meaningful changes to the selected Box folder and summarize the available properties that changed.
- 4Pick the Box Folder Properties Changed trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real folder property change and review the brief.
Questions about this workflow
What folder changes does the event detect?
It can detect changes such as name, description, modification time, parent folder, item status, or shared link settings.
Will this update the folder's documentation automatically?
It creates a Coda doc with the change summary. The selected Coda actions do not provide a general update action for an existing doc.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Box to Coda. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Box triggers
Coda actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add a category for pack
Add a publishing category for a given pack.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Add a maker for pack
Set a maker for a given pack. used to display makers for a pack in the corresponding packs page.
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.
Add a permission for pack
Create or modify user, workspace, or global permissions for a given pack.
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.
Add custom domain
Add a custom domain to a published doc.
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.
Add permission
Adds a new permission to the doc.
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.
Begin content export
Initiate an export of content for the given page.
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.
Content export status
Check the status of a page content export
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.
Copy Document
Creates a copy of an existing coda document. this action allows you to duplicate a document while optionally specifying a new title and location for the copied document.
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