Surface Drive action items on your calendar
Notis searches your Drive for action items and finds calendar time to complete them—so actions don't get buried in docs.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Find event
Finds events in a specified google calendar using text query, time ranges (event start/end, last modification), and event types; ensure `timemin` is not chronologically after `timemax` if both are provided.
Why this helps
Action items are scattered across Drive docs, and you don't carve out time to complete them, so they slip and accumulate.
- Action items auto-surfaced from Drive docs
- Calendar time automatically found to complete them
- Reduces lost action items
- Better task completion rate
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Google Calendar to Notis.
- 2Set up a webhook endpoint in Notis.
- 3Configure a task manager tool or custom script to send action items to the webhook.
- 4Create an automation: ask Notis 'When action items are found in my Drive, search for free time on my calendar and add them.'
- 5Notis will extract action items and find available slots.
- 6Test by submitting a test webhook with action items and confirming they appear on your calendar.
Questions about this workflow
How does Notis know which Drive content is an action item?
You can mark action items with specific formatting (e.g., [ ] checkboxes, 'TODO:' prefix) or tell Notis to search for specific keywords.
What if Notis finds many action items at once?
It spreads them across available calendar slots over several days, so you're not overwhelmed.
Can I review action items before they're added to calendar?
Yes, Notis can send you a list for approval before creating calendar events.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive triggers
Google Calendar actions
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Insert Calendar into List
Inserts an existing calendar into the user's calendar list.
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
Update Calendar List Entry
Updates an existing entry on the user\'s calendar list.
File Deleted or Trashed
Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.
Delete Calendar
Deletes a secondary calendar. use calendars.clear for clearing all events on primary calendars.
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.
Update Calendar
Updates metadata for a calendar.
File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
Clear Calendar
Clears a primary calendar. this operation deletes all events associated with the primary calendar of an account.
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
New File Matching Query
Triggers when a new Google Drive file matches a provided query. This is the legacy query-centric trigger: it preserves Drive API query config such as ``corpora`` / ``driveId`` aliases and emits the historical ``file_matching_query`` event type. ``FileCreatedTrigger`` covers the broader "new file" case and emits ``file_created``.
Delete event
Deletes a specified event by `event id` from a google calendar (`calendar id`); this action is idempotent and raises a 404 error if the event is not found.
Create a calendar
Creates a new, empty google calendar with the specified title (summary).
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