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Create onboarding previews for new members

Give every new member a clear visual starting point for your onboarding guide.

Trigger

New Member Joined

Triggered when a new member joins a Discord server (guild) you manage.

Action

LibreOffice Thumbnail

Tool to generate a thumbnail image of a document using libreoffice. use when you need a quick visual preview of a pdf or office file's first page.

Why this helps

New members receive large documents without an easy way to preview what is inside.

  • Improves first-day orientation
  • Makes onboarding resources easier to scan
  • Automates a repeatable welcome asset

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Discord and Api2pdf in Notis once.
  • 2Create an automation named New Member Document Preview.
  • 3Tell Notis to generate a thumbnail for the onboarding PDF and post the preview link in the welcome report.
  • 4Pick New Member Joined as the trigger and choose the report channel.
  • 5Test with one controlled member join.

Questions about this workflow

Which PDF should be previewed?

Specify the onboarding PDF URL or identifier in the automation prompt.

Can the thumbnail be posted to a welcome channel?

Notis can report the generated result to the channel you choose for automation reports.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Discord to Api2pdf. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Discord triggers

Api2pdf actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Add Header Footer

Tool to add headers and footers to a pdf document. use when you need consistent page numbering, titles, or custom branding on every page.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Delete PDF

Tool to delete a previously generated pdf. use when you need to immediately remove a pdf by its response id.

ActionInstant

New Discord Message Trigger

Polls a specific Discord channel for new messages.

TriggerPolling

Extract PDF Pages

Tool to extract specific pages from a pdf document. use when you need only certain pages from a larger pdf file.

ActionInstant

New Member Joined

Triggered when a new member joins a Discord server (guild) you manage.

TriggerPolling

LibreOffice PDF to HTML

Tool to convert a pdf document to html using libreoffice. use when you need html output of a pdf file (experimental; images may be excluded).

ActionInstant

Message Reaction Added

Triggered when a reaction (emoji) is added to a message in a monitored Discord channel.

TriggerPolling

LibreOffice Thumbnail

Tool to generate a thumbnail image of a document using libreoffice. use when you need a quick visual preview of a pdf or office file's first page.

ActionInstant

New Thread Created

Triggered when a new thread is created in a Discord channel within a monitored server.

TriggerPolling

Merge PDFs

Tool to merge multiple pdf documents into a single pdf. use when you need to concatenate several pdfs on the server-side.

ActionInstant

Message Edited

Triggered when an existing message in a monitored Discord channel is edited.

TriggerPolling

Optimize PDF

Tool to optimize a pdf document to reduce file size while maintaining quality. use when you need to minimize storage or bandwidth for an existing pdf.

ActionInstant

Reorder PDF Pages

Tool to reorder pages of a pdf document. use when you need to rearrange pages into a new order by specifying page indices.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Discord and Api2pdf, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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