Get weekly Slack reminders for your review
Weekly reviews are where you process what you've done and plan what's next. But they're easy to skip. This automation sends a Slack reminder every Friday (or your chosen day) to take stock and plan ahead.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get reminder information
Retrieves detailed information for an existing slack reminder specified by its id; this is a read-only operation.
Why this helps
You skip weekly reviews because they're not scheduled. Without a dedicated moment to reflect, you lose sight of progress, repeat mistakes, and launch into the next week reactive rather than intentional.
- Build a consistent review ritual
- See patterns in your work across weeks
- Start each week intentional, not reactive
- Catch what's working and what needs adjustment
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack to your Notis portal.
- 2Create a new Automation: 'Every Friday at [time], send me a Slack reminder to do my weekly review.'
- 3Select 'notis_cron' and set the schedule—e.g., 'every Friday at 4 PM.'
- 4Customize the reminder with review prompts: 'What did you accomplish? What's next? What will you do differently?'
- 5Test by verifying the reminder arrives at the scheduled time.
Questions about this workflow
Can I change the day or time?
Yes. Set it to whenever works for your schedule—Friday afternoon, Monday morning, or any recurring time.
Can multiple people receive the same reminder?
Yes. Create one automation and set it to notify your team in a channel, or create individual automations for each person.
What should I include in the reminder prompts?
Include whatever helps your review: wins, challenges, lessons learned, next week's priorities, or metrics you track. Notis can customize this.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Docs to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Docs triggers
Slack 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.
Set snooze duration
Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.
Document Deleted
Triggers when an existing Google Doc is deleted (moved to trash). This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are trashed.
Add a custom emoji to a Slack team
Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.
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.
Add an emoji alias
Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.
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.
Add a remote file
Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.
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
Add a star to an item
Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.
Document Updated
Triggers when an existing Google Doc is updated or modified. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are updated.
Add call participants
Registers new participants added to a slack call.
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.
Add emoji
Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.
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.
Add reaction to message
Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.
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