Capture a Cats portal snapshot after document updates
Every important document update comes with a current view of your Cats portals.
Trigger
Document Updated
Triggers when an existing Google Doc is updated or modified. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are updated.
Action
Get Portals
Tool to list all portals. use when you need to browse portal metadata with pagination after authentication.
Why this helps
Frequent edits make it easy to lose track of the surrounding portal landscape.
- Pairs edits with current metadata
- Creates consistent update reports
- Reduces context switching
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Docs and Cats once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation called Updated Doc Cats Snapshot.
- 3Describe the result: list Cats portals and summarize the metadata that helps interpret the updated document.
- 4Pick Document Updated as the trigger.
- 5Choose where reports go and test with one real update.
Questions about this workflow
Will every edit run it?
The trigger monitors updates according to its configured polling behavior, so repeated edits may produce repeated events.
Can reports include a baseline?
Only if you provide a prior snapshot or comparison instructions; the action itself returns current portal metadata.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Docs to Cats. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Docs triggers
Cats actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Portals
Tool to list all portals. use when you need to browse portal metadata with pagination after authentication.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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.
Document Deleted
Triggers when an existing Google Doc is deleted (moved to trash). This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are trashed.
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.
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Google Docs and Cats, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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