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Review heartbeat coverage after service documentation changes

Keep uptime coverage visible whenever your service documentation changes.

Trigger

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.

Action

List Heartbeats

Tool to list all heartbeats. use when you need to retrieve your configured uptime heartbeats with optional pagination.

Why this helps

Service changes can outpace heartbeat coverage and leave important checks unnoticed.

  • Surfaces existing heartbeat coverage
  • Creates a repeatable documentation checkpoint
  • Helps identify services without checks

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Docs and Better Stack once.
  • 2Create an automation that lists heartbeats for the service described by the matching documents.
  • 3Choose Document Search Update and define the service query.
  • 4Choose a report channel and test with one matching update.

Questions about this workflow

What documents are monitored?

Only documents newly created or updated that match your configured search query.

Can the report show missing coverage?

Notis can point out gaps based on the heartbeats returned and the service context you provide.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Google Docs to Better stack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Google Docs triggers

Better stack actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Create Escalation Policy

Tool to create a new escalation policy. use when defining how incidents should escalate across team members.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create Heartbeat Group

Tool to create a new heartbeat group. use when you need to organize related heartbeat checks under a single, logical group. example prompt: "create a new heartbeat group named 'backend services'."

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Create Outgoing Webhook Integration

Tool to create a new outgoing webhook integration. use when you need to register an endpoint to receive event notifications from better stack.

ActionInstant

Document Deleted

Triggers when an existing Google Doc is deleted (moved to trash). This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are trashed.

TriggerPolling

Create Source Group

Tool to create a new source group. use when you have finalized the group name (and optional sort index) and need to organize related log sources under that group.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Delete Escalation Policy

Tool to delete an escalation policy by id. use when you need to permanently remove an existing escalation policy after confirming its id.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Delete Source Group

Tool to delete a source group by id. use when you need to permanently remove an existing source group after confirming it is no longer needed.

ActionInstant

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

TriggerPolling

Get Heartbeat

Tool to get a single heartbeat by id. use when you need to fetch details of a specific heartbeat.

ActionInstant

Document Updated

Triggers when an existing Google Doc is updated or modified. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are updated.

TriggerPolling

Get Heartbeat Availability

Tool to retrieve availability summary for a specific heartbeat. use when you need availability metrics for a heartbeat within an optional date range.

ActionInstant

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