Connect Canvas to Brightdata

When something happens in Canvas, Notis takes the next step in Brightdata. Describe what you want in plain English, or start from one of the examples below.

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Examples

Ways Notis can move work from Canvas to Brightdata

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Research new Canvas discussion topics

Use each new course discussion topic to search the web for current coverage, useful references, and unanswered angles.

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Check links shared in Canvas discussions

When a discussion message shares a URL, use Bright Data Web Unlocker to retrieve page content for a quick context review.

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Find data sources for new assignments

Use the subject of a new assignment submission to browse Bright Data's available structured scraping datasets for relevant data sources.

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Check current search interest after grading

After Canvas records a grade, search the web for current trends related to the assignment subject to help inform future course updates.

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Crawl reference sites from course uploads

When a new course file upload identifies a public reference site, start a Bright Data crawl of the supplied URLs for broader content collection.

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Scan course subjects for new coverage

On a schedule, search the web for current coverage of course subjects you provide, then review the findings in a run report.

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Retrieve a reference page on request

Send a URL to a Notis webhook to retrieve its page content with Bright Data Web Unlocker for review in the run report.

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Look up country codes for new course research

When a course is created, retrieve Bright Data's available country list and ISO codes for research workflows that need valid country selection.

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Brightdata. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Canvas triggers

Brightdata actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Trigger Site Crawl

Tool to trigger a site crawl job to extract content across multiple pages or entire domains. use when you need to start a crawl for a given dataset and list of urls.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Browse Available Scrapers

Tool to list all available pre-made scrapers (datasets) from bright data's marketplace. use when you need to browse available data sources for structured scraping.

ActionInstant

Canvas Assignment Graded

Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.

TriggerPolling

Filter Dataset

Tool to apply custom filter criteria to a marketplace dataset (beta). use after selecting a dataset to generate a filtered snapshot.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Assignment Submission

Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.

TriggerPolling

Get Available Cities

Tool to get available static network cities for a given country. use when you need to configure static proxy endpoints after selecting a country.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Discussion Message

Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.

TriggerPolling

Get Available Countries

Tool to list available countries and their iso 3166-1 alpha-2 codes. use when you need to configure zones with valid country codes before provisioning proxies.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Discussion Topic

Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.

TriggerPolling

Download Scraped Data

Tool to retrieve the scraped data from a completed crawl job by snapshot id. use after triggering a crawl or filtering a dataset to download the collected data.

ActionInstant

New Course Created for User

Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.

TriggerPolling

Check Crawl Status

Tool to check the processing status of a crawl job using snapshot id. call before attempting to download results to ensure data collection is complete.

ActionInstant

New Canvas File Upload

Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.

TriggerPolling

List Unlocker Zones

Tool to list your configured web unlocker zones and proxy endpoints. use to view available zones for web scraping and bot protection bypass.

ActionInstant

Trigger Types

Four ways to start an automation.

A trigger is the event that kicks a workflow off. Notis supports four kinds: an event in a connected app, an inbound webhook, a recurring schedule, and soon, your own database.

Integration triggers

Fire when something happens inside a connected app. New Notion page, Stripe charge, Linear issue: any of 1,000+ apps can start a workflow.

New Notion pageStripe chargeCalendar event

Webhook triggers

A unique URL per workflow. Anything that can send an HTTP POST can start an automation, including no-code tools that speak webhooks.

Any HTTP POSTCustom backendIoT event

Works with

ZapierPipedream

Most used

Recurring triggers

Cron-style schedules run a workflow on the clock. Daily standups, hourly syncs, business-hours-only digests: the workhorse of Notis.

Daily · 8:00HourlyWeekdays only

Coming soon

Database triggers

Watch a row, query, or threshold in your own database and fire the moment the data changes. Row inserted, value crosses a limit, query starts matching.

Row insertedValue > limitQuery match

Why AI automation

Classic automation breaks. AI adapts.

Same triggers and actions, smarter middle. AI handles the fuzziness that breaks traditional Zapier-style workflows the moment a field gets renamed.

Classic automationAI automation

Cost

$ · pay per run

$$ · AI models per run

Reliability

Breaks on schema change

Adapts to format changes

Setup

Click 8 dropdowns

Describe it in English

Handles fuzzy

Hard-coded fields only

Reads intent, summarises

Human in loop

Bolted on

Built in · approval inbox

Maintenance

You own every break

Self-heals · we own it

Ease of use

Describe it. Notis builds it.

Skip the visual builder. Tell Notis what you want, in plain English. It writes the workflow, you review and deploy.

You · in the Notis Builder

NEW

“When a row gets added to the Q4 OKRs Notion database and the status is Blocked, send a Telegram message to the owner with a summary of what's blocking, and ping me if there's no reply within 24 hours.”

Notis built this automation:

TriggerRow added to "Q4 OKRs"

Condition✦Status = "Blocked"

AI step✦Summarise the blocker in plain English

ActionDM the row owner with summary

Timeout✦No reply in 24h → ping you

Observability

Watch every run.

Notis Desktop is Mission Control for your AI automations. See every run, replay, edit, or rewind. Set approval gates so Notis pauses before destructive actions.