Review your social tags when a discussion message arrives
Bring your existing Dotsimple labels into view when a new discussion sparks a content idea.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Action
List Tags
Tool to list all tags available in the workspace. use when you need to retrieve tag metadata for planning or display.
Why this helps
Potential content ideas can be hard to organize when the labels already available are out of sight.
- Surfaces existing Dotsimple tags in response to a discussion event.
- Can summarize possible label matches using returned tag names.
- Avoids creating or applying tags without a supported action.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Dotsimple once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Describe the outcome in one instruction: list existing Dotsimple tags and identify possible matches to the discussion message.
- 4Pick New Canvas Discussion Message as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real discussion message.
Questions about this workflow
Will this create or apply a tag?
No. The selected action lists tags. The workflow can recommend existing labels for the user to apply separately.
What if the discussion text is not available to the automation?
The run report should say the discussion context was unavailable and provide the tag inventory without claiming a match.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Dotsimple. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Dotsimple actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Dotsimple, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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