Check City Air Quality Alongside Course Discussions
Bring a current air quality reading into course follow-up when a new discussion message calls for local context.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Action
Get Air Quality by City
Tool to retrieve real-time air quality data for a specific city. use when you have a valid city name and need current aqi and pollutant levels.
Why this helps
Course teams may have to leave Canvas to check current air quality before responding to outdoor learning questions.
- Retrieve current city-level air quality when a message arrives.
- Reduce context switching during course follow-up.
- Use the city named in your automation instructions.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Ambee once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation in plain language or in Automations, New Automation.
- 3Describe the outcome: when a new discussion message arrives, retrieve current air quality for my specified city and include it in the report.
- 4Pick New Canvas Discussion Message as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real discussion message and confirm the city reading is relevant.
Questions about this workflow
Will it infer the city from the message?
The event description does not guarantee message content or location extraction. Specify a city in your instruction for a reliable lookup.
Is this a forecast?
No. This workflow uses the listed action for real-time air quality in a specific city.
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Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Ambee. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Ambee actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Air Quality by City
Tool to retrieve real-time air quality data for a specific city. use when you have a valid city name and need current aqi and pollutant levels.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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Canvas and Ambee, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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