Check for an existing appointment before adding one
A scheduled check can search Google Calendar for a matching appointment when BrowserAct surfaces booking details.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Find event
Finds events in a specified google calendar using text query, time ranges (event start/end, last modification), and event types; ensure `timemin` is not chronologically after `timemax` if both are provided.
Why this helps
Repeated confirmations or rescheduled pages can make it hard to tell whether an appointment is already on your calendar.
- Search for a likely existing event before creating another.
- Use text and time details available in the BrowserAct result.
- Get a report when a match needs your attention.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect BrowserAct and Google Calendar once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis in plain language from any channel.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to inspect available BrowserAct appointment results and search Google Calendar for likely matches before recommending a new event.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real appointment and verify the search range and match.
Questions about this workflow
Does this search every calendar?
The instruction should name the calendars to search, and the connected account must have access to them.
Can it prove that two events are duplicates?
No. Search results can surface likely matches; review ambiguous results before making changes.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link BrowserAct to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
BrowserAct triggers
Google Calendar actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Insert Calendar into List
Inserts an existing calendar into the user's calendar list.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Update Calendar List Entry
Updates an existing entry on the user\'s calendar list.
Delete Calendar
Deletes a secondary calendar. use calendars.clear for clearing all events on primary calendars.
Update Calendar
Updates metadata for a calendar.
Clear Calendar
Clears a primary calendar. this operation deletes all events associated with the primary calendar of an account.
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
Delete event
Deletes a specified event by `event id` from a google calendar (`calendar id`); this action is idempotent and raises a 404 error if the event is not found.
Create a calendar
Creates a new, empty google calendar with the specified title (summary).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
BrowserAct and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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