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Create a review copy after a Google Drive comment

A comment can signal that a document is ready for review. Ask Notis to start an asynchronous DocRaptor job when a new Drive comment appears.

Trigger

Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)

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

Action

Create Async Document

Tool to create documents asynchronously from HTML content. Use when generating PDF, XLS, or XLSX documents and you need to poll for completion status or use a callback URL for notification.

Why this helps

Review comments can get buried, and preparing a shareable document becomes another task to remember.

  • Turn a comment event into a document preparation request
  • Use async generation for jobs that need status or callback handling
  • Reduce the handoff between feedback and review copy creation

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Drive and DocRaptor once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Notis and name it.
  • 3Tell Notis to start an async DocRaptor job from the commented file's available HTML or URL, and define what to do when the input is missing.
  • 4Choose the Google Drive Comment Added trigger and select where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real comment on a file with a usable HTML body or URL.

Questions about this workflow

Does any comment automatically mean a review PDF should be made?

The trigger fires on a new comment. State in your instruction when Notis should create the document based on the event context available.

Will this send the PDF to the commenter?

No recipient delivery is included in the listed DocRaptor action. This workflow starts document generation only.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Google Drive triggers

DocRaptor actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Create Async Document

Tool to create documents asynchronously from HTML content. Use when generating PDF, XLS, or XLSX documents and you need to poll for completion status or use a callback URL for notification.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create Document

Tool to create a PDF or Excel document synchronously from HTML content or URL. Use when you need to generate a document file from HTML data. The document is returned immediately as a downloadable file. Either document_content or document_url must be provided, but not both.

ActionInstant

Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)

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

TriggerPolling

Create Document from Referrer

Tool to convert webpages into documents using referrer-based authentication without an API key. Use when you need to generate PDFs or Excel files from registered domains without explicit API credentials.

ActionInstant

File Created

Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Create Hosted Async Document

Tool to create a hosted document asynchronously. Use when you need to generate a PDF, XLS, or XLSX document and track its completion status via callback_url or the status API.

ActionInstant

File Deleted or Trashed

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

TriggerPolling

Download Async Document

Tool to download a completed asynchronous document using the download URL from status response. Use when you have a download_id and need to retrieve the generated document file.

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

Get Async Document Status

Tool to check the status of an asynchronously created document. Use when monitoring progress of async documents by polling for completion status.

ActionInstant

File Updated

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

TriggerPolling

List Documents (JSON)

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of previously created documents with metadata in JSON format. Use when you need to see document creation history or query past documents.

ActionInstant

Google Drive Changes

Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

List Documents (XML)

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of previously created documents with metadata in XML format. Use when you need to see document creation history or query past documents in XML format.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

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

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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