Weekly Issue Batch from Your Doc Queue
You accumulate docs throughout the week that need Linear tracking. Every Friday, Notis scans and creates issues for all of them—your backlog is processed automatically.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Why this helps
Neurodivergent founders accumulate untracked work in docs. Waiting until end-of-week to formalize them risks forgotten context and overwhelm.
- Transforms your doc queue into tracked Linear work automatically
- Prevents doc backlog from becoming overwhelming
- Ensures work isn't lost between your docs and issue tracker
- Fits neatly into weekly review routines
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Docs and Linear to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis: 'Every [day of week, e.g., Friday] at [time], scan my Google Docs folder for docs marked as [status/keyword/folder name] and create a Linear issue for each one.'
- 3Notis confirms the folder/criteria and schedule.
- 4Choose your notification channel and test by running it once.
- 5Refine the criteria if needed: 'Include only docs updated this week' or 'Exclude docs already linked to issues.'
Questions about this workflow
Can it create issues with default values (priority, assignee, etc.)?
Yes. Extend the prompt: 'Create each issue as medium-priority and assign to [teammate]' or 'Use labels [label1, label2] for organizational docs.'
What if a doc was already processed into an issue?
Notis tracks which docs have been converted and skips them, preventing duplicate issues.
Can I change the schedule if it doesn't fit my workflow?
Absolutely. Switch to 'Every Monday' or 'Every other Thursday'—whatever matches your review cadence. You can also run it more frequently if needed.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Docs to Linear. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Docs triggers
Linear actions
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.
Create linear attachment
Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing linear issue.
Document Deleted
Triggers when an existing Google Doc is deleted (moved to trash). This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are trashed.
Create a comment
Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.
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.
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
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.
Get create issue default params
Fetches a linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.
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
Create a label
Creates a new label in linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.
Document Updated
Triggers when an existing Google Doc is updated or modified. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are updated.
Delete issue
Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.
Document Word Count Threshold
Triggers when a Google Doc's word/character count crosses a user-defined threshold. This trigger monitors a specific Google Doc and fires when its word or character count becomes greater than or equal to the configured threshold value.
Get all teams
Retrieves all teams from the linear workspace without requiring any parameters.
New Folder Created in Root
Triggers when a new folder is created in the root folder of Google Drive. This trigger monitors Google Drive and fires when new folders are detected in the root directory.
Download issue attachments
Downloads a specific attachment from a linear issue; the `file name` must include the correct file extension.
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