Give New Drive Shares a Review Thread
When someone grants new access to a Drive file or folder, create a Cody thread to help review the change.
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
Create Conversation
Tool to create a new conversation with a specified bot. Use when starting a new conversation thread with optional focus mode to limit bot's knowledge base to specific documents.
Why this helps
New sharing access can be easy to miss when permissions change across many files and folders.
- Create a review thread when new sharing permissions are detected.
- Bring a sharing change into a place where your team can ask follow-up questions.
- Reduce manual checking of Drive permission changes.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Cody once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Describe in one instruction how Cody should help review newly granted Drive permissions.
- 4Pick the Google Drive File Shared trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real permission addition and review the Cody conversation.
Questions about this workflow
What starts this workflow?
It starts when new sharing permissions are granted to a Drive file or folder.
Does the event include the current permission set?
The trigger description says Drive changes are read with inline permissions so each change carries the file's current permission set. The workflow can use the event data that Notis makes available.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Cody. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive triggers
Cody actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Conversation
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Webhook trigger
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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.
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