Turn CircleCI build activity into a founder update
Share the build picture without pulling your team into a status meeting.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create email draft
Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.
Why this helps
Founders often need a quick engineering status but lack time to assemble it from pipeline views.
- Translate build activity into a short status update.
- Call out observed changes without overstating the evidence.
- Keep the update editable for the right audience.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect CircleCI and Gmail once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it Build Trend Founder Update.
- 3Tell Notis which CircleCI projects and period to review, ask it to summarize observed trends in plain language, and draft a Gmail founder update with uncertainties noted.
- 4Choose a weekly schedule, select where run reports should go, and test with one real example.
Questions about this workflow
Can it explain why build performance changed?
Only when the available CircleCI data supports an explanation. Otherwise the draft should describe the change and note that its cause is unknown.
Can I use the draft as a company update?
Yes. Review the audience, claims, and any details that should remain internal before sending.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Circleci to Gmail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Circleci triggers
Gmail actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Modify email labels
Adds and/or removes specified gmail labels for a message; ensure `message id` and all `label ids` are valid (use 'listlabels' for custom label ids).
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create email draft
Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.
Create label
Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account.
Delete Draft
Permanently deletes a specific gmail draft using its id; ensure the draft exists and the user has necessary permissions for the given `user id`.
Delete message
Permanently deletes a specific email message by its id from a gmail mailbox; for `user id`, use 'me' for the authenticated user or an email address to which the authenticated user has delegated access.
Fetch emails
Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.
Fetch message by message ID
Fetches a specific email message by its id, provided the `message id` exists and is accessible to the authenticated `user id`.
Fetch Message by Thread ID
Retrieves messages from a gmail thread using its `thread id`, where the thread must be accessible by the specified `user id`.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Circleci and Gmail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
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