Review archived goals when documents are added
A new document may continue an older effort. Check the history before starting from scratch.
Trigger
New Document Added
Triggers when a new Google Doc is added/created. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when new documents are detected.
Action
Get Archived Goals
Tool to retrieve archived goals for a specified user. use when you need to inspect a user's past archived goals.
Why this helps
New documents often hide previous attempts, commitments, and lessons.
- Recovers historical commitments
- Prevents duplicated work
- Improves restart decisions
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Docs and Beeminder in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation for added document history reviews.
- 3Tell Notis to retrieve archived Beeminder goals and summarize historical goals relevant to each added document.
- 4Pick New Document Added as the trigger and choose a report channel.
- 5Test with one added document.
Questions about this workflow
Will it show active goals too?
This workflow focuses on archived goals; request active goals separately if needed.
How does it find relevance?
It uses the document context and the information available from Beeminder.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Docs to Beeminder. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Docs triggers
Beeminder actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Authenticate and Redirect User
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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.
New Document Created
Triggers when a new Google Doc is created. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when new documents are detected. Uses timestamp filtering to efficiently poll for new documents.
Get all goals
Tool to retrieve all goals for a specified user. use when listing a user's active goals.
Document Deleted
Triggers when an existing Google Doc is deleted (moved to trash). This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are trashed.
Get Archived Goals
Tool to retrieve archived goals for a specified user. use when you need to inspect a user's past archived goals.
Document Placeholder Filled
Triggers when a Google Doc's plain text changes such that a configured placeholder token/pattern is no longer present (i.e., the document has been filled in). This trigger monitors a specific Google Doc and fires when a placeholder pattern that was previously present is no longer found in the document's plain text.
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.
Document Search Update
Triggers when a Google Doc matching a user-defined search query is newly created or updated since the last poll. This trigger uses timestamp filtering to efficiently monitor documents.
Document Structure Changed
Triggers when a Google Doc's structure changes (headers/footers added/removed, tables/images count changes). This trigger monitors a specific document for structural changes like: - Headers added or removed - Footers added or removed - Tables added or removed - Images (inline objects) added or removed - Positioned objects added or removed - Footnotes added or removed
Document Updated
Triggers when an existing Google Doc is updated or modified. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are updated.
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