See your Beeminder goals before the next meeting
A quick look at active goals can help you decide what deserves attention before the meeting starts.
Trigger
Event Starting Soon
Triggers when a calendar event is within a configured number of minutes from starting. Returns event details, time remaining, attendees, and join links when available.
Action
Get all goals
Tool to retrieve all goals for a specified user. use when listing a user's active goals.
Why this helps
A packed calendar makes it easy to forget a goal that needs a small action today.
- Review active goals at a natural transition point.
- Reduce the need to open another app before a meeting.
- Get a concise report in your chosen channel.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Calendar and Beeminder once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis to retrieve your active Beeminder goals when a calendar event is starting soon and summarize them in your report.
- 4Pick Event Starting Soon as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real upcoming event.
Questions about this workflow
Does this change my Beeminder goals?
No. The selected action retrieves goals for review and does not edit goal data.
Can I choose which events trigger it?
The listed trigger fires when an event is within a configured number of minutes from starting. Describe the review you want Notis to perform.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Calendar to Beeminder. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Calendar triggers
Beeminder actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Authenticate and Redirect User
Tool to authenticate a user and redirect them to a given url. use when sending a user into the beeminder web ui directly after oauth or token validation.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Charge
Tool to create a new charge for a user. use when billing a user outside of goal pledges; supports dryrun mode.
Attendee Response Changed
Polling trigger that fires when any attendee's RSVP changes to accepted, declined, or tentative. Returns attendee info and current status.
Get all goals
Tool to retrieve all goals for a specified user. use when listing a user's active goals.
Event Canceled or Deleted
Triggers when a Google Calendar event is cancelled or deleted. Returns minimal data: event_id, summary (if available), and cancellation timestamp.
Get Archived Goals
Tool to retrieve archived goals for a specified user. use when you need to inspect a user's past archived goals.
Event Starting Soon
Triggers when a calendar event is within a configured number of minutes from starting. Returns event details, time remaining, attendees, and join links when available.
Get Beeminder User Information
Tool to retrieve information about a specified beeminder user. use when you need to fetch details like timezone, goals, urgency, or deleted goals after authenticating successfully.
Calendar Event Changes
**SOON TO BE DEPRECATED** - Use Calendar Event Sync (polling trigger) instead. Real-time webhook trigger for calendar event changes. Returns event metadata only. For full event data, use Calendar Event Sync (polling trigger).
Event Created
Polling trigger that fires when a new calendar event is created. Returns event ID, summary, start/end times, and organizer info.
Calendar Event Sync
Polling trigger that returns full event data including details, attendees, and metadata. For real-time notifications with basic info, use Calendar Event Changes (webhook).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Google Calendar and Beeminder, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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