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Refresh Contentful context from matching Google Docs

Keep recurring document sets aligned with the structured content they reference.

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

GraphQL Content API Query

Tool to execute a GraphQL query against a specified space and environment. Use when fetching Contentful content via GraphQL after obtaining or providing a valid token.

Why this helps

Teams lose time reopening the same documents to reconstruct current context.

  • Maintain a current reference brief
  • Reduce repeated searching
  • Support faster team decisions

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Docs and Contentful graphql once in Notis.
  • 2Create an automation for a document search update brief.
  • 3Tell Notis to query Contentful and summarize entries relevant to each changed matching document.
  • 4Pick Document Search Update as the trigger and choose where reports go.
  • 5Test with one matching document.

Questions about this workflow

What documents are included?

The trigger uses the search query you define for Google Docs.

Can the output combine multiple documents?

Yes, ask Notis to consolidate the changed documents into one report.

When this happens · Trigger

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Google Docs triggers

Contentful graphql actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Get CMA Token

Tool to retrieve a Contentful Management API (CMA) access token. Use when making CMA calls to ensure valid authorization.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

GraphQL Content API Persisted Query

Tool to execute a persisted GraphQL query via its SHA256 hash. Use after registering a query hash to run cached queries by hash. On first call include full query text; thereafter invoke with only hash and variables.

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

GraphQL Content API Query

Tool to execute a GraphQL query against a specified space and environment. Use when fetching Contentful content via GraphQL after obtaining or providing a valid token.

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

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

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

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

Document Updated

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

TriggerPolling

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Google Docs and Contentful graphql, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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