Keep Clockify account context near Canvas discussion follow-up
Review a new discussion message with your Clockify account details close at hand.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Action
Get Currently Logged In User Info
Tool to retrieve info about the authenticated user. use when verifying credentials and needing current user context after authentication.
Why this helps
Small follow-ups are easy to lose when discussion activity and account context require separate lookups.
- Reduce the number of separate account lookups.
- Start the follow-up from a new discussion message.
- Keep the retrieved details in a Notis report.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Clockify once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to retrieve the current Clockify user's information and summarize it with the discussion message context.
- 4Pick New Canvas Discussion Message as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real discussion message.
Questions about this workflow
Does this identify the discussion author in Clockify?
No. The available action retrieves the authenticated Clockify user's information; no cross-app identity match is provided.
Can it reply to the Canvas discussion?
No. The available Clockify actions do not post to Canvas.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Clockify. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Clockify actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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