Turn a Drive comment into a subscriber deadline
When a launch teammate leaves a clear enrollment request in a document comment, start the matching subscriber’s deadline without switching tools.
Trigger
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Action
Start Deadline via Custom Webhook
Tool to start an individual subscriber’s deadline tracking via a custom webhook URL. Use after generating a campaign-specific webhook token. Example: StartDeadlineCustomWebhook(account_id='123456', token='abcdef', email='joe@example.com')
Why this helps
Deadline requests in launch documents can get buried while someone still needs to start the subscriber’s timer.
- Reduce manual follow-up on explicit enrollment requests.
- Keep the request and its source document together.
- Start tracking only when the comment contains a subscriber email and the required campaign webhook details are available.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Deadline Funnel once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation named Start subscriber deadline from a Drive comment.
- 3Tell Notis to start a deadline only for a comment that explicitly requests it and includes a subscriber email; use the campaign account ID and webhook token you provide.
- 4Pick Google Drive Comment Added as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real comment that includes a subscriber email.
Questions about this workflow
Does every new comment start a deadline?
No. Instruct Notis to act only on comments that explicitly request a start and provide the subscriber email.
Where do the account ID and token come from?
Provide the account ID and campaign-specific token required by Deadline Funnel’s custom webhook. The workflow does not create a campaign or token.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Deadline funnel. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive triggers
Deadline funnel actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Email Link Redirect
Tool to redirect an email link to the correct before- or after-deadline URL for a subscriber. Use when processing clicks on Deadline Funnel email links. Returns the final destination URL after redirects.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Generate Sales Tracking Webhook URL
Tool to generate the sales-tracking webhook URL details. Use when you need the campaign-specific sales-tracking webhook parameters before tracking a sale. Use after creating or retrieving your campaign in Deadline Funnel to obtain the token value.
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Get Account ID
Tool to retrieve the Deadline Funnel account ID. Use when you need the account identifier for subsequent API calls. Attempts known endpoints then falls back to parsing response or request headers.
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
List Campaigns
Tool to retrieve existing Deadline Funnel campaigns. Use when you need to obtain campaign IDs and names for downstream actions.
File Deleted or Trashed
Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.
Start Deadline via Custom Webhook
Tool to start an individual subscriber’s deadline tracking via a custom webhook URL. Use after generating a campaign-specific webhook token. Example: StartDeadlineCustomWebhook(account_id='123456', token='abcdef', email='joe@example.com')
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.
Track Sale Webhook
Tool to record a sale for a subscriber in a specific campaign via the campaign-generated sales-tracking webhook. Use after generating the campaign sales-tracking webhook URL.
File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Google Drive and Deadline funnel, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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