Connect Google Sheets to Dovetail

When something happens in Google Sheets, Notis takes the next step in Dovetail. Describe what you want in plain English, or start from one of the examples below.

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Examples

Ways Notis can move work from Google Sheets to Dovetail

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Send new survey responses to Dovetail

Turn each new Google Sheets survey row into a classified Dovetail data point for later analysis.

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Create an insight when research metrics shift

When a monitored metric changes, have Notis summarize the spreadsheet context into a Dovetail insight.

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Capture filtered feedback in Dovetail

Send changed values matching a Sheets data filter to a Dovetail channel for focused review.

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Summarize aggregate feedback shifts

Create a Dovetail insight when a tracked count, average, sum, minimum, or maximum changes in Sheets.

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Register contacts from changed research rows

When a looked-up participant row changes, create or refresh a contact record in your Dovetail follow-up process.

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Create Dovetail topics for emerging feedback themes

Use new spreadsheet feedback to identify an emerging theme and create a topic in the specified Dovetail channel.

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Synthesize notable new responses into insights

Review each new response row and create a Dovetail insight when it adds a meaningful research finding.

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Create a Dovetail channel for a new research worksheet

When a worksheet is added, create a corresponding Dovetail channel using the worksheet context you specify.

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Google Sheets triggers

Dovetail actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Create Channel

Tool to create a new channel in dovetail. use after confirming channel details.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create Contact

Tool to create a new contact in dovetail. use when you need to register a contact before logging interactions.

ActionInstant

Aggregate Metric Changed

Triggers when an aggregate metric (SUM/COUNT/AVG/MIN/MAX) changes in a Google Sheets spreadsheet. This trigger monitors an aggregate calculation on a target column (optionally filtered by a search column/value) and fires when the calculated result changes.

TriggerPolling

Create Data Point

Tool to create a data point within a channel. use after capturing new content to record and classify it in dovetail.

ActionInstant

Cell Range Values Changed

Triggers when values in a specified A1 range change in Google Sheets. This trigger monitors a specific cell or range of cells and fires when any values change.

TriggerPolling

Create Insight

Tool to create a new insight in dovetail. use after synthesizing findings when ready to store them. example: "create insight 'q1 user trends' with body '...' for project 'proj 123'."

ActionInstant

Conditional Format Rule Changed

Triggers when conditional formatting rules change in a Google Spreadsheet. Detects when rules are added, updated, or removed. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.

TriggerPolling

Create Topic

Tool to create a new topic in a channel. use after confirming channel id, title, and optional description.

ActionInstant

Data Validation Rule Changed

Triggers when data validation rules change (added/updated/removed) in a Google Spreadsheet. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.

TriggerPolling

Delete Channel

Tool to delete an existing channel. use when you need to remove a channel and move it to the project's trash (restorable for 30 days). confirm the channel id before calling.

ActionInstant

Developer Metadata Changed

Triggers when developer metadata entries change (new/updated/removed) in a Google Spreadsheet. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.

TriggerPolling

Delete Topic

Tool to delete an existing topic. use when you have confirmed the topic id and want to move it to trash (restorable for 30 days). example: "delete topic with id 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000."

ActionInstant

Filtered Range Values Changed

Polling trigger that monitors Google Sheets filtered ranges for value changes. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect when values matching a data filter change. Emits the matched values when changes are detected.

TriggerPolling

Get Note

Tool to retrieve details of a specific note. use when you have confirmed the note id and need full note metadata from dovetail.

ActionInstant

Trigger Types

Four ways to start an automation.

A trigger is the event that kicks a workflow off. Notis supports four kinds: an event in a connected app, an inbound webhook, a recurring schedule, and soon, your own database.

Integration triggers

Fire when something happens inside a connected app. New Notion page, Stripe charge, Linear issue: any of 1,000+ apps can start a workflow.

New Notion pageStripe chargeCalendar event

Webhook triggers

A unique URL per workflow. Anything that can send an HTTP POST can start an automation, including no-code tools that speak webhooks.

Any HTTP POSTCustom backendIoT event

Works with

ZapierPipedream

Most used

Recurring triggers

Cron-style schedules run a workflow on the clock. Daily standups, hourly syncs, business-hours-only digests: the workhorse of Notis.

Daily · 8:00HourlyWeekdays only

Coming soon

Database triggers

Watch a row, query, or threshold in your own database and fire the moment the data changes. Row inserted, value crosses a limit, query starts matching.

Row insertedValue > limitQuery match

Why AI automation

Classic automation breaks. AI adapts.

Same triggers and actions, smarter middle. AI handles the fuzziness that breaks traditional Zapier-style workflows the moment a field gets renamed.

Classic automationAI automation

Cost

$ · pay per run

$$ · AI models per run

Reliability

Breaks on schema change

Adapts to format changes

Setup

Click 8 dropdowns

Describe it in English

Handles fuzzy

Hard-coded fields only

Reads intent, summarises

Human in loop

Bolted on

Built in · approval inbox

Maintenance

You own every break

Self-heals · we own it

Ease of use

Describe it. Notis builds it.

Skip the visual builder. Tell Notis what you want, in plain English. It writes the workflow, you review and deploy.

You · in the Notis Builder

NEW

“When a row gets added to the Q4 OKRs Notion database and the status is Blocked, send a Telegram message to the owner with a summary of what's blocking, and ping me if there's no reply within 24 hours.”

Notis built this automation:

TriggerRow added to "Q4 OKRs"

Condition✦Status = "Blocked"

AI step✦Summarise the blocker in plain English

ActionDM the row owner with summary

Timeout✦No reply in 24h → ping you

Observability

Watch every run.

Notis Desktop is Mission Control for your AI automations. See every run, replay, edit, or rewind. Set approval gates so Notis pauses before destructive actions.