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Pair a shared site plan with current weather readings

Sharing a plan is a natural handoff point. Notis can retrieve the latest readings from your Ambient Weather devices as the file is shared.

Trigger

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.

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

A collaborator may receive a site plan without the current conditions context needed to review it efficiently.

  • Add a timely conditions check to a file handoff
  • Reduce follow-up to remember and send current readings
  • Keep review preparation tied to the shared plan

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 the latest device readings when a site plan is shared.
  • 4Pick the Google Drive File Shared trigger and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real sharing event for a site plan.

Questions about this workflow

Does this send the readings to everyone with access?

No. The action retrieves device data, and the workflow can provide a run report in the channel you choose. It does not grant permissions or message collaborators directly.

What does the Drive trigger detect?

It starts when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder.

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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.

TriggerScheduled

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.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)

Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.

TriggerPolling

File Created

Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

File Deleted or Trashed

Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.

TriggerPolling

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.

TriggerPolling

File Updated

Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Google Drive Changes

Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

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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