Create a research agent from a new discussion message
Give a fresh discussion question a dedicated Agenty agent for gathering web context and sources.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Action
Create Agent
Tool to create a new agent. use when you need to add an agent with configuration and optional auto-start.
Why this helps
Questions in a discussion can require follow-up research, but agent setup takes time away from other work.
- Creates a dedicated agent in response to a new message
- Makes research setup a repeatable step
- Keeps message-driven research work distinct
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Agenty once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation and describe the agent's purpose.
- 3Tell Notis to create an Agenty agent for a new message in the selected discussion topic, using available message context.
- 4Pick New Canvas Discussion Message as the trigger and choose a report destination.
- 5Test with one real message and inspect the created agent in Agenty.
Questions about this workflow
Does this send a response to the discussion?
No. It creates an Agenty agent and does not post to Canvas.
Will every message create an agent?
The event polls for new messages in a discussion topic. The automation runs for messages detected by that trigger.
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