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Track design approval work in Bugherd

Give each new design review request a clear place in the team's work queue.

Trigger

File Created

Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.

Action

Create Task

Tool to add a new task in a project. use when you have the project id and full task details ready.

Why this helps

Approval requests in Drive can be overlooked when they are not connected to a visible task.

  • Give review requests a trackable home.
  • Capture relevant context and the source file link.
  • Skip files that do not request action.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Drive and Bugherd once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, then choose New Automation.
  • 3Tell Notis to create a Bugherd task for new files that request design review, with a concise summary and Drive link.
  • 4Pick the Google Drive File Created trigger and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real approval request and confirm the task details.

Questions about this workflow

Can Notis tell a request from a reference file?

Your instruction can ask Notis to create tasks only when the content clearly requests approval or review.

Where should the task go?

Name the Bugherd project in your instruction. If project context is missing, have Notis report that instead of guessing.

When this happens · Trigger

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Google Drive triggers

Bugherd actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Add Guest to Project

Tool to add a guest (client) to a project. use when you want to add an existing client by id or invite a new client by email.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Add Member to Project

Tool to add a member to a project in bugherd. use when you need to add an existing user to a specific project.

ActionInstant

Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)

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

TriggerPolling

Create Attachment

Tool to add a new attachment to a task using an existing url. use when you have project and task ids and the external file url ready.

ActionInstant

File Created

Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Create Column

Tool to create a new column in a project. use when you need to add a custom workflow column after identifying the project id.

ActionInstant

File Deleted or Trashed

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

TriggerPolling

Create Comment

Tool to add a new comment to a task. use when you need to record discussion or feedback on an existing task.

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 Project

Tool to create a new project. use when you need to initialize a project after gathering its name and url. example: "create a new project named 'my website' with url 'http://www.example.com'."

ActionInstant

File Updated

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

TriggerPolling

Create Task

Tool to add a new task in a project. use when you have the project id and full task details ready.

ActionInstant

Google Drive Changes

Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Create Webhook

Tool to create a new webhook for real-time event notifications. use when you need to configure a callback endpoint for task or comment events. example: "create a webhook for 'task create' events to be sent to 'https://example.com/webhook'."

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

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

When this happens · Trigger

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