Turn weather questions in Drive comments into a quick device check
A comment asks about current conditions. Notis can retrieve the latest readings from your Ambient Weather devices so you can answer with less app hopping.
Trigger
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Action
Get Devices
Tool to retrieve a list of user's ambient weather devices with their most recent data. use when you need to list your stations and view their latest readings.
Why this helps
Weather questions buried in document comments are easy to miss when checking another app takes you away from the work at hand.
- Notice weather questions where your team already collaborates
- Retrieve the most recent readings available from your devices
- Spend less time switching between Drive and Ambient Weather
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Ambient Weather once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, then New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Describe in one instruction how to retrieve Ambient Weather device readings when a new comment asks about current weather.
- 4Pick the Google Drive Comment Added trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real comment that asks about local conditions.
Questions about this workflow
Does this workflow post the weather reading as a Drive comment?
No. The available Ambient Weather action retrieves devices and their latest data. Posting a reply is not included.
Can I ask about a specific city?
The action lists your Ambient Weather devices and their latest readings. A specific location is available only if it is represented by a connected device.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Ambient weather. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive triggers
Ambient weather actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Devices
Tool to retrieve a list of user's ambient weather devices with their most recent data. use when you need to list your stations and view their latest readings.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
File Deleted or Trashed
Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.
File Shared (Permissions Added)
Triggers when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder. Uses Drive's `changes.list` endpoint with inline `permissions` in the `fields` mask so each change carries the file's current permission set provider-atomically. We diff that against `seen_permission_keys` to identify newly added grants. Drive page tokens are the primary cursor; if Drive rejects a stored token, the trigger raises `PollingTriggerError` without clearing state rather than silently re-baselining and dropping events. Limitation: truly ephemeral permissions (added and revoked between two polls without any other file modification in between) are not detected. Drive Activity API would catch those but requires an additional OAuth scope and a different payload contract.
File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Google Drive and Ambient weather, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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