Cohort First-Day Resource Bundle
Your new cohort forms. Notis compiles a welcome packet: the 20 best Stack exchange questions for your course topics. They start together with shared resources.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Search Questions
Tool to search the site for questions meeting certain criteria. use after defining tags or keywords to locate relevant questions. at least one of 'tagged' or 'intitle' must be set.
Why this helps
New cohorts start from scratch. No shared resources, no reference material. Everyone researches independently. Cohort never actually coheres.
- Cohort receives shared resources on day 1, building cohesion and shared context
- Curated welcome packet removes first-week overwhelm and decision paralysis
- Learners feel supported and thought-through instead of thrown into the deep end
- Shared references create common ground for discussions and peer learning
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect both integrations to Notis.
- 2Ask Notis: 'When a cohort is formed in my Coassemble course, search Stack exchange for the top 20 questions about [course topics] and compile as welcome packet.'
- 3Set trigger to webhook (Coassemble's cohort-formation event).
- 4Have Notis email the packet to all cohort members on day 1.
- 5Test by creating a test cohort and verifying the packet arrives.
Questions about this workflow
Can I customize the packet per cohort?
Yes. Tell Notis to tailor topics or resource count based on cohort focus area.
Is 20 questions too many?
Adjust based on learners' preferences. Notis can send 10-30 questions.
Can I add your own materials?
Absolutely. Ask Notis to prepend your intro materials before the Stack exchange results.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Coassemble to Stack exchange. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Coassemble triggers
Stack exchange actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Collective Questions
Tool to retrieve questions associated with the specified collective. use when you have a collective id and need its questions for a site.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get Collectives
Tool to retrieve all collectives on a stack exchange site in alphabetical order. use when you need to list collectives for display or filtering.
Get Collective Tags
Tool to retrieve tags associated with specified collectives. use when you need collective tags for display or analysis after confirming which collectives to query.
Get Comment Flag Options
Tool to fetch valid flag options for a given comment. use when you need to know which flags a user can raise before submitting. requires authenticated access.
Get Comments
Tool to retrieve comments from a specified stack exchange site. use when you need to list comments with optional filters and sorting.
Get Revisions By IDs
Tool to retrieve revisions for specific posts by their ids. use when you need to examine the edit history of posts by providing semicolon-delimited ids.
Search Questions
Tool to search the site for questions meeting certain criteria. use after defining tags or keywords to locate relevant questions. at least one of 'tagged' or 'intitle' must be set.
Get Sites
Tool to retrieve all stack exchange sites and their api site parameter values. use when you need to discover available sites for api calls.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Coassemble and Stack exchange, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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