Compare the local services around candidate offices
See what is nearby before you commit more time to an office area search.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Search Businesses
Search for businesses on Yelp by location, term, categories, and other filters. Returns at most 50 results per call; use offset to paginate. Overly restrictive filter combinations (categories, price, radius) can yield zero results — loosen iteratively. Results may include businesses from adjacent areas; post-process on location.city or distance for strict boundaries. The returned url field is the Yelp listing page, not the business's own website. Rapid parallel calls can trigger HTTP 429 — apply exponential backoff.
Why this helps
Comparing possible office locations can involve repeatedly searching for the same everyday services.
- Uses candidate areas already captured in a relocation brief
- Searches for practical services such as food or printing
- Keeps the research prompt and result summary together
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Dropbox and Yelp to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis conversationally.
- 3Give one plain-language prompt to read the relocation brief and search Yelp for requested services around each area.
- 4Choose an incoming webhook trigger and a channel for reports.
- 5Test with one real candidate area and a specific service category.
Questions about this workflow
Does this assess an area's overall quality?
No. It finds businesses matching the requested search; it is not a complete neighborhood or property assessment.
Can I request multiple service types?
Yes. State the practical categories and candidate locations in your prompt or Dropbox brief.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Dropbox to Yelp. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Dropbox triggers
Yelp actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Autocomplete Search
Get autocomplete suggestions for businesses, categories, and search terms on Yelp based on partial text input. Returns matching businesses with their Yelp IDs, relevant category suggestions, and additional search term recommendations. Use this action when users are typing search queries and need real-time suggestions to refine their search before executing a full business search. Location coordinates (latitude/longitude) are optional but can improve suggestion relevance for geographic searches.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get Business Details
Get detailed information about a specific business on Yelp using its business ID or alias. Returns comprehensive business information including hours (in the business's local timezone), photos, reviews, and location details. The returned `url` field is the Yelp listing page, not the business's own website. Response fields such as `phone` and `website` may be null; handle missing values explicitly. Avoid many parallel calls — HTTP 429 throttling applies; limit concurrency to ~5 parallel requests with exponential backoff.
Get Business Reviews
Get reviews for a specific business on Yelp using its business ID or alias. Returns up to 3 review excerpts for the business.
Get Category Details
Get detailed information about a specific Yelp category by its alias. Returns category metadata including the human-readable title, parent categories, and country availability lists. Use this action when you need to understand category hierarchies, check category availability by country, or get the proper display name for a category alias. The alias parameter must be a valid Yelp category identifier — use the list categories endpoint to discover available aliases.
Get Event Details
Get detailed information about a specific Yelp event using its event ID. Returns comprehensive event information including dates, location, cost, attendance counts, and associated business details. Use this action when you need to retrieve full details about a specific event that you already have the ID for. Event IDs can be obtained from the search events or featured events endpoints.
Get Featured Event
Get the featured event for a given location on Yelp. Featured events are chosen by Yelp's community managers and represent notable happenings in the specified area. Use this action when you need to discover the highlighted or recommended event for a specific city, region, or coordinates. The returned `event_site_url` is the Yelp event page, not the event's own external website. Response fields such as `business_id`, `cost`, and `tickets_url` may be null; handle missing values explicitly.
Get Review Highlights
Get review highlights for a specific business on Yelp using its business ID or alias. Returns summarized key points and themes from customer reviews. IMPORTANT: This endpoint requires Yelp Places API Premium Plan access. Without Premium Plan, requests will return a 403 NOT_AUTHORIZED error. For basic review access, consider using the Get Business Reviews action instead, which is available on Enhanced and Premium plans. Note: Get Business Reviews returns at most 3 recent reviews per call, while this action synthesizes themes across the full review history.
List Categories
List all Yelp business categories across all locales by default. Returns category aliases, titles, parent relationships, and geographic availability. Use this action when you need to discover valid category aliases for filtering business searches or when building category-based navigation. The locale parameter allows filtering to categories available in specific regions while translating category names to the local language.
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