Ground commodity discussions in current prices
Turn a discussion mention of gold, oil, or another commodity into a timely price check for the class.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Action
Commodity Price
Tool to get real-time price for a commodity. use when you need the current market price by specifying the commodity name. example: "what is the current price of gold?"
Why this helps
Students and instructors can lose time leaving a discussion thread to find a current commodity quote.
- Look up the mentioned commodity's current price
- Keep market context close to the discussion
- Reduce context switching during class
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Api ninjas once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation from Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis what outcome you want.
- 3In one instruction, say to identify any named commodity in a new discussion message and retrieve its current price.
- 4Pick New Canvas Discussion Message as the trigger and choose a run report destination.
- 5Test with one real discussion message that names a supported commodity.
Questions about this workflow
Can it understand a price question written naturally?
Notis can interpret the discussion text and use the named commodity. State how it should respond when the commodity is unclear.
Does it retrieve historical prices?
The listed Commodity Price action retrieves a real-time price.
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