Start release planning with the right time context
Give a scheduled release-planning workflow a current time reference in its chosen timezone.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get current date and time
Gets the current date and time, allowing for a specific timezone offset.
Why this helps
Time-sensitive planning can go wrong when a team assumes the wrong local time or timezone.
- Retrieves current date and time with a timezone offset
- Helps anchor time-sensitive planning instructions
- Reduces confusion across timezones
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect CircleCI and Google Calendar once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation from any channel or in Automations, New Automation.
- 3Tell Notis to retrieve the current date and time for the timezone offset used in release planning.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real planning run.
Questions about this workflow
Does this schedule a calendar event?
No. It retrieves date and time context. Use Create Event or Quick Add Event when the desired event details are available.
Can this determine a CircleCI build status?
No. The action provides current date and time, and this package has no CircleCI trigger events.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Circleci to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Circleci triggers
Google Calendar actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Insert Calendar into List
Inserts an existing calendar into the user's calendar list.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Update Calendar List Entry
Updates an existing entry on the user\'s calendar list.
Delete Calendar
Deletes a secondary calendar. use calendars.clear for clearing all events on primary calendars.
Update Calendar
Updates metadata for a calendar.
Clear Calendar
Clears a primary calendar. this operation deletes all events associated with the primary calendar of an account.
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
Delete event
Deletes a specified event by `event id` from a google calendar (`calendar id`); this action is idempotent and raises a 404 error if the event is not found.
Create a calendar
Creates a new, empty google calendar with the specified title (summary).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Circleci and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
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