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Review pipeline configuration when Drive changes

A Drive change can prompt a closer look at the pipeline configuration behind the work.

Trigger

Google Drive Changes

Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.

Action

Get Pipeline Config

Tool to fetch pipeline configuration by id. use when you need the source or compiled yaml of a specific pipeline.

Why this helps

Changes to project context can leave founders wondering whether the pipeline still reflects the intended setup.

  • Bring pipeline configuration into a change review.
  • Reduce the effort of looking up source or compiled YAML.
  • Make configuration checks part of the same handoff.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Drive and CircleCI once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name the configuration review.
  • 3Tell Notis which Drive changes should prompt fetching configuration for the specified pipeline.
  • 4Pick the Google Drive Changes trigger and choose a report channel.
  • 5Test with one real Drive change and confirm the right pipeline ID is available.

Questions about this workflow

Will every Drive change cause a report?

The trigger detects Drive changes. Describe the change context that should prompt the check, and provide missing pipeline identification details if needed.

What does the configuration action return?

It fetches the source or compiled YAML for a specific pipeline ID.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Google Drive triggers

Circleci actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Get Job Artifacts

Tool to retrieve artifacts produced by a specific job. use after a job has completed to list its output files.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Get Job Details

Tool to fetch details of a specific job within a project. use when you need status, timing, and executor information for a circleci job by its number.

ActionInstant

Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)

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

TriggerPolling

Get Pipeline Config

Tool to fetch pipeline configuration by id. use when you need the source or compiled yaml of a specific pipeline.

ActionInstant

File Created

Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Get Test Metadata

Tool to fetch test metadata for a specific job. use when you need detailed test results, run times, and failure messages after a job completes.

ActionInstant

File Deleted or Trashed

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

TriggerPolling

Get User Information

Tool to retrieve information about a circleci user by their unique id. use when you need user profile details after obtaining the user id.

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

List Pipelines for Project

Tool to list all pipelines for a specific project. use when you need to retrieve the pipelines for a project (e.g., to display recent runs on a dashboard).

ActionInstant

File Updated

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

TriggerPolling

List Self-Hosted Runners

Tool to list available self-hosted runners. use when you need to retrieve all configured self-hosted runners for your organization.

ActionInstant

Google Drive Changes

Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

List Workflows by Pipeline ID

Tool to list all workflows associated with a specific pipeline. use when you need to fetch or paginate through workflows by pipeline id.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

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

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