Revision History Tracking for Updates
First of the month: Notis shows you revisions to the Stack exchange posts your courses link to. Stay current without research effort.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
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.
Why this helps
Content you reference in courses evolves on Stack exchange, but you don't know about it. Learners get outdated advice silently.
- Alerts you to content changes before learners hit outdated advice
- Monthly batching means one update session instead of scattered manual checks
- Prevents the 'your course taught me wrong' situation by keeping references current
- Automates what would be tedious manual link-checking
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect both integrations to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis: 'On the 1st of each month, check the revision history of these Stack exchange post IDs: [your list] and summarize major changes.'
- 3Set trigger to monthly cron (1st of month).
- 4Route results to your email or #curriculum Slack channel.
- 5Review changes and update course content if needed.
Questions about this workflow
How do I get the post IDs?
They're in the Stack exchange URL (e.g., stackoverflow.com/questions/12345678).
Can I monitor more than 10 posts?
Yes. Give Notis as many IDs as you want to check.
What counts as a 'major' change?
Tell Notis to flag revisions that change the answer substantively (not just formatting).
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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
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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.
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Do this · Action
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