Bring linked discussion threads into view
Review the conversation behind a shared forum or review link from the Canvas message that surfaced it.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Action
Get Discussion Thread
Tool to extract threads of content from forums, comment sections, and review pages. use when you need structured discussion data from web pages after identifying the discussion url.
Why this helps
A discussion message can point to a long thread that takes time to find and read in full.
- Collects structured thread content from a linked public discussion page.
- Keeps the source message and its external conversation together in the run report.
- Reduces manual scanning of long forum or review threads.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Diffbot once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a clear name.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to find a public forum, comment, or review URL in the message and extract its discussion thread.
- 4Choose New Canvas Discussion Message as the trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real message that includes a publicly accessible discussion URL.
Questions about this workflow
Can this read private Canvas discussions?
The Diffbot action extracts web page content from a URL. It does not grant access to private Canvas content.
What if the message has no discussion link?
The workflow needs a public discussion URL in the available message context to use this action.
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