Keep Box research comment changes in view
When a monitored Box comment changes, turn the updated observation into a Dovetail insight your team can revisit.
Trigger
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.
Action
Create Insight
Tool to create a new insight in dovetail. use after synthesizing findings when ready to store them. example: "create insight 'q1 user trends' with body '...' for project 'proj 123'."
Why this helps
Useful research observations can disappear into comment threads when edits happen after the initial review.
- Surface changed observations for research review
- Reduce the need to monitor comment threads manually
- Preserve an evolving observation in Dovetail
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Box and Dovetail once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis from any channel.
- 3Describe that a changed monitored research comment should become a Dovetail insight using its updated text and available context.
- 4Pick the Box Comment Changed trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real comment edit and review the created insight.
Questions about this workflow
Will it summarize an entire Box file?
The trigger provides a changed comment. The workflow should rely on that comment and available context, not assume it can read or summarize the entire file.
Can I monitor every comment in Box?
This event monitors a specific Box comment. Select the relevant comment when setting up the trigger.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Box to Dovetail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Box triggers
Dovetail actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Channel
Tool to create a new channel in dovetail. use after confirming channel details.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Contact
Tool to create a new contact in dovetail. use when you need to register a contact before logging interactions.
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.
Create Data Point
Tool to create a data point within a channel. use after capturing new content to record and classify it in dovetail.
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.
Create Insight
Tool to create a new insight in dovetail. use after synthesizing findings when ready to store them. example: "create insight 'q1 user trends' with body '...' for project 'proj 123'."
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.
Create Topic
Tool to create a new topic in a channel. use after confirming channel id, title, and optional description.
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.
Delete Channel
Tool to delete an existing channel. use when you need to remove a channel and move it to the project's trash (restorable for 30 days). confirm the channel id before calling.
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.
Delete Topic
Tool to delete an existing topic. use when you have confirmed the topic id and want to move it to trash (restorable for 30 days). example: "delete topic with id 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000."
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.
Get Note
Tool to retrieve details of a specific note. use when you have confirmed the note id and need full note metadata from dovetail.
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