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Keep BrainGraph deadlines from slipping

Have Notis review selected BrainGraph material on a schedule and create Slack reminders only for deadlines stated in the source.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

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

Action

Create a reminder

Creates a slack reminder with specified text and time; time accepts unix timestamps, seconds from now, or natural language (e.g., 'in 15 minutes', 'every thursday at 2pm').

Why this helps

Dates buried in notes and research are easy to miss when follow-up lives somewhere else.

  • Surface dated commitments from source material.
  • Put follow-up in a familiar Slack reminder.
  • Avoid reminders for dates that are not stated in the material.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect BrainGraph and Slack once in Notis.
  • 2Create an automation in plain language or in Automations, New Automation.
  • 3In one instruction, define which BrainGraph material to review and ask for Slack reminders only for explicit deadlines.
  • 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real item that includes a deadline and check the reminder details.

Questions about this workflow

Will the workflow infer deadlines from context?

Ask it to create reminders only for dates explicitly stated in BrainGraph material. Any missing time or reminder details must be supplied by you or left out.

What starts this workflow?

A recurring Notis schedule starts it because BrainGraph has no listed trigger events.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

BrainGraph triggers

Slack actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Set snooze duration

Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Add a custom emoji to a Slack team

Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.

ActionInstant

Add an emoji alias

Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.

ActionInstant

Add a remote file

Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.

ActionInstant

Add a star to an item

Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.

ActionInstant

Add call participants

Registers new participants added to a slack call.

ActionInstant

Add emoji

Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.

ActionInstant

Add reaction to message

Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

BrainGraph and Slack, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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