Match a Buildkite follow-up contact in Slack
Use an email already associated with a Buildkite follow-up to quickly find its Slack account.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Lookup users by email
Retrieves the slack user object for an active user by their registered email address; fails with 'users not found' if the email is unregistered or the user is inactive.
Why this helps
Switching between a follow-up list and Slack to confirm someone's account interrupts focused work.
- Look up an active Slack user by registered email.
- Make cross-tool contact checks faster.
- Report when the email is not registered or the user is inactive.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Buildkite and Slack once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation from Automations, New Automation, or by telling Notis what to do in plain language.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to use a supplied Buildkite follow-up email to look up the corresponding Slack user.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule as the trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real contact email and confirm the returned user is the intended person.
Questions about this workflow
Does the email come automatically from a Buildkite trigger?
Buildkite exposes no trigger events here. Provide the email as available context to the scheduled automation.
What if the Slack email lookup fails?
The action can fail when the email is unregistered or the user is inactive. The report should state that no active match was found.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Buildkite to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Buildkite triggers
Slack actions
Recurring trigger
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