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Catch up on Drive activity from a Basecamp digest

Get a readable recap of recent file activity in the project workspace, ready when you sit down to plan.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

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

Action

Create Document in Vault

Tool to create a new document in a Basecamp vault. Use when you need to publish a document in a specific project vault with title, HTML content, and optional publication status.

Why this helps

Founders can lose focus rebuilding what changed across Drive after a busy stretch away from project files.

  • Create a predictable place to catch up on recent file activity.
  • Reduce time spent scanning Drive changes individually.
  • Start planning with a concise project summary.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Drive and Basecamp once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation from Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis what you want from any channel.
  • 3In one instruction, ask Notis to summarize the recent Drive activity available to it and publish a digest as a Basecamp Vault document.
  • 4Pick a recurring Notis schedule and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real run and check that the activity window is clear.

Questions about this workflow

Can Notis compare against an earlier baseline?

Only if the relevant history or baseline is available to Notis. Specify the period to summarize in the instruction and ensure the needed activity data is accessible.

Does this run from a Drive event?

No. A Notis cron trigger starts the workflow on a recurring schedule.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Google Drive triggers

Basecamp actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Complete To-Do

Tool to mark a to-do as completed in Basecamp. Use when you need to complete a to-do item.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create Card in Column

Tool to create a new card in a column of a Basecamp card table. Use when you need to add a card to a card table column with optional content and due date.

ActionInstant

Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)

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

TriggerPolling

Create Step in Card

Tool to create a step within a card in a Basecamp card table. Use when you need to add a subtask or checklist item to an existing card with optional due date and assignees.

ActionInstant

File Created

Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Create Chatbot

Tool to create a new chatbot in a Basecamp Campfire chat. Use when you need to add an automated bot to a chat room for posting messages and responding to commands.

ActionInstant

File Deleted or Trashed

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

TriggerPolling

Create Chatbot Line

Tool to post a message as a chatbot to a Basecamp Campfire. Use when you need to post messages via a chatbot integration without OAuth authentication.

ActionInstant

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

Create Document in Vault

Tool to create a new document in a Basecamp vault. Use when you need to publish a document in a specific project vault with title, HTML content, and optional publication status.

ActionInstant

File Updated

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

TriggerPolling

Create Project from Template

Tool to create a new project from a Basecamp template asynchronously. Use when you need to instantiate a project based on an existing template. Poll the returned URL to monitor construction progress until status becomes 'completed'.

ActionInstant

Google Drive Changes

Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Create To-Do (Deprecated)

DEPRECATED: Use BASECAMP_POST_BUCKETS_TODOLISTS_TODOS instead. Tool to create a new to-do in a Basecamp to-do list. Use when you need to add a task with optional description, assignees, and due date.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Google Drive and Basecamp, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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