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Refresh stale Bubble items on a schedule

Routine maintenance can happen quietly while you focus on higher value work.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

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

Action

Patch Thing By ID

Tool to modify selected fields on a Thing by its unique ID. Use after confirming the Thing exists.

Why this helps

Small record updates accumulate until someone has to perform a painful cleanup.

  • Keep operational data current
  • Reduce cleanup sessions
  • Make recurring maintenance predictable

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Bubble once in Notis.
  • 2Create an automation describing which stale items to patch and how.
  • 3Pick a Notis cron trigger and set the recurring schedule.
  • 4Choose a report channel and test with one representative item.

Questions about this workflow

What counts as stale?

Define the age, status, or other signal in the automation instruction.

Can it update only selected fields?

Yes. Describe the exact fields that should change.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Discord triggers

Bubble actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Bulk Create Things

Tool to bulk create multiple Things in Bubble via newline-separated JSON. Use when you need to insert many records at once. Must have Create via API permission.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create Thing

Tool to create a new Thing. Use when providing a complete JSON payload to add a new record.

ActionInstant

New Discord Message Trigger

Polls a specific Discord channel for new messages.

TriggerPolling

Delete Thing By ID

Tool to delete a Bubble Thing by its unique ID. Use when you need to remove a specific record via the Bubble Data API.

ActionInstant

New Member Joined

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

TriggerPolling

Get Thing By ID

Retrieves a single Thing (record) from a Bubble Data Type by its unique ID. This is a read-only operation that fetches complete details of a specific record. The response includes all custom fields defined in the Data Type, plus standard Bubble fields (_id, created_by, created_date, modified_date). Use when you need to: - Fetch details of a specific record you know the ID of - Verify a record exists - Get the latest field values for a Thing Note: Requires the Data API to be enabled in your Bubble app settings and the specific Data Type to be exposed via the API.

ActionInstant

Message Reaction Added

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

TriggerPolling

Patch Thing By ID

Tool to modify selected fields on a Thing by its unique ID. Use after confirming the Thing exists.

ActionInstant

New Thread Created

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

TriggerPolling

Replace Thing by ID

Tool to replace all editable fields on a Thing by its Unique ID. Use when you need a full overwrite of a Thing's fields and reset omitted fields to default.

ActionInstant

Message Edited

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

TriggerPolling

Download File

Tool to download a file given its URL. Use when you need to retrieve file content and obtain an s3key for subsequent upload tests.

ActionInstant

Create Temp File

Tool to upload bytes as a temporary file to Cloudflare R2 and return an S3 key. Use when you need a short-lived file reference before persisting it in a Thing.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

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

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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