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See new Drive sharing grants where your team works

Sharing changes can matter for client work, internal documents, and sensitive files. Ask Notis to summarize the new access details and post an alert in Discord.

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

Post message to channel

Sends a message to a specified discord channel (text, embeds, stickers, components, attachments); requires `send messages` permission and one of `content`, `embeds`, `sticker ids`, or `attachments`.

Why this helps

New access grants can go unnoticed when nobody is watching the file's sharing settings.

  • Review newly granted access in a familiar team channel
  • Keep permission changes visible for follow-up
  • Include the affected file context in the alert

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Drive and Discordbot once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis from any channel.
  • 3Ask Notis in one instruction to summarize each new sharing grant and post the available permission and file details to Discord.
  • 4Pick the Google Drive File Shared trigger and choose where run reports go.
  • 5Test with one real permission change and review the alert.

Questions about this workflow

What change starts this workflow?

It starts when new sharing permissions are granted to a Drive file or folder.

Can the alert include who received access?

Ask Notis to include the permission details available from the event.

Does this change or revoke permissions?

No. This workflow posts an informational message to Discord.

When this happens · Trigger

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Google Drive triggers

Discordbot actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Add recipient to group channel

Adds a user to a discord group direct message (dm) channel.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Update guild member information

Adds a user (who is not already a member) to a guild using their `access token` (which must have `guilds.join` scope), optionally setting nickname, roles, mute/deaf status, or flags.

ActionInstant

Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)

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

TriggerPolling

Assign role to guild member

Assigns a role to a guild member, provided the bot has 'manage roles' permission in the guild and the role to be assigned is hierarchically lower than the bot's highest role.

ActionInstant

File Created

Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Add reaction to message

Adds an emoji reaction from the authenticated user/bot to a specific message in a discord channel; does not return information about existing reactions.

ActionInstant

File Deleted or Trashed

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

TriggerPolling

Add or update thread member

Adds a user to a specific, unarchived thread; the user must have access to the thread's parent channel, and for private threads, the bot must already be a member.

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

Modify guild ban settings

Permanently bans a user from a discord guild, optionally deleting their recent messages (specify deletion period in seconds or days, not both).

ActionInstant

File Updated

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

TriggerPolling

Bulk ban users in guild with message deletion option

Bans up to 200 users from a discord guild, optionally deleting their recent messages; the bot must have 'ban members' permission in the guild, and this action is irreversible.

ActionInstant

Google Drive Changes

Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Bulk delete messages in channel

Atomically bulk deletes messages in a discord channel for moderation or maintenance; deletion may not be instantaneous and messages are unrecoverable.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

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

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