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Catch CircleCI pipelines that may be stalled

Surface work that has stopped moving before it disappears from view.

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

A pipeline can sit without progress while its owner assumes someone else is watching it.

  • Spot pipelines that may need attention.
  • Create a clear follow-up draft with available context.
  • Use a threshold that matches your team's workflow.

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 Stale Pipeline Reminder Draft.
  • 3Tell Notis what counts as no recent progress for your pipelines, ask it to check CircleCI, and draft a Gmail reminder for items that meet that condition.
  • 4Choose a recurring schedule, select where run reports should go, and test with one real example.

Questions about this workflow

How does it know what counts as stale?

State the time window or progress condition in the instruction. Notis should use only CircleCI data it can access.

Will it automatically message pipeline owners?

No. It creates a Gmail draft for review.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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.

TriggerScheduled

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).

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Create label

Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account.

ActionInstant

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`.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Fetch emails

Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.

ActionInstant

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`.

ActionInstant

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`.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Circleci and Gmail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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