Turn recurring browser research into a weekly brief
Schedule browser research, then put the useful findings and source references into a Drive document.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Why this helps
Recurring research can consume founder time and leave important findings buried in browser output.
- Bring recurring research into a single weekly artifact.
- Summarize findings, sources, and open questions in one place.
- Make changes between runs easier to scan when prior results are provided.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect BrowserAct and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Tell Notis which BrowserAct research workflow to run and to save the findings, source references, and open questions as a dated Drive document.
- 4Pick the recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Run it once against a real research task and review the resulting document.
Questions about this workflow
Can it compare this week's results with earlier briefs?
Yes, if the prompt has Notis find and read the earlier briefs. It should state when earlier results are unavailable rather than infer a trend.
Does this require a BrowserAct event trigger?
No. The Notis schedule starts the automation, which can use BrowserAct to run the requested task.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link BrowserAct to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
BrowserAct triggers
Google Drive actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
Create Comment
Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
Create File or Folder
Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Create a folder
Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.
Create Reply
Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
BrowserAct and Google Drive, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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