Bring existing Drive research into Canny review
Have Notis search Drive for relevant research when you review open Canny requests, reducing duplicate discovery work.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Find file
Tool to list or search for files and folders in google drive. use when you need to find specific files based on query criteria or list contents of a drive/folder.
Why this helps
Teams can make product decisions without noticing that related research or planning docs already exist in Drive.
- Surface potentially relevant research during feedback review.
- Reduce duplicate analysis and document creation.
- Make review sessions more informed.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canny and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name the review search.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to review open Canny requests and search Drive for files related to each request, reporting likely matches and their names.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule and a run report channel.
- 5Test with one real request and verify that the suggested Drive matches are relevant.
Questions about this workflow
Will it know which Canny requests are open?
Notis can use status data available from Canny. Specify which statuses count as open in the instruction if needed.
Will this change or share the Drive files it finds?
No. This workflow uses the Find file action to search and surface results; it does not modify permissions or contents.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canny to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canny 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.
Canny and Google Drive, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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