See Recent Ably Presence Around a New Slide
Understand who was active when the deck changed.
Trigger
New Slide Added
Fires when a new slide is added to a Google Slides presentation.
Action
Get Channel Presence History
This tool retrieves the history of presence messages for a specified channel in ably. it allows you to query presence events on a channel within a given time period.
Why this helps
A slide can move forward while the people who need to review it are offline or unavailable.
- Shows recent participation context
- Helps target follow-up
- Makes handoffs more deliberate
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Slides and Ably in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation asking for presence history for the relevant channel.
- 3Describe the availability summary you want from the returned events.
- 4Pick New Slide Added as the trigger.
- 5Choose a report channel and test with a real slide addition.
Questions about this workflow
Does this show current presence only?
No. This action retrieves presence history for a specified channel and time range.
Can it identify inactive reviewers?
It can summarize returned presence events, but it cannot infer availability beyond that data.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Slides to Ably. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Slides triggers
Ably actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Query Batch Presence
This tool enables querying the presence states of multiple channels in a single api request. the api retrieves the member presence details of the specified channels in parallel.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Query Batch Presence History
This tool enables querying presence history for multiple channels in a single api request. it uses the get endpoint at https://rest.ably.io/presence to retrieve the member presence history details of the specified channels in parallel.
New Slide Added
Fires when a new slide is added to a Google Slides presentation.
Create Ably Channel
Creates a new channel or retrieves an existing channel in ably. this tool allows you to programmatically create and initialize channels for real-time messaging. since ably creates channels implicitly when first used, this action publishes an empty initialization message to create/activate the channel.
Delete Channel Subscription
This tool allows you to unsubscribe devices or clients from push notifications for specific channels. the operation is asynchronous, so immediate requests after deletion may briefly still return the subscription.
Get Channel Details
This tool retrieves metadata and details for a specific channel in ably. it returns a channeldetails object containing information about the channel's status, occupancy, and other metadata. the endpoint provides visibility into channel activity, including metrics such as connections, presence, publishers, and subscribers, and requires appropriate permissions.
Get Channel History
This tool retrieves the message history for a specified ably channel. it uses the get /channels/{channelid}/messages endpoint to return a paginated list of messages in chronological order, subject to parameters such as 'channelid', 'limit', 'direction', 'start', and 'end'. the tool is useful for auditing, recovering missed messages, analyzing channel activity, and debugging message flows. authentication is required via basic or token authentication.
Get Channel Presence History
This tool retrieves the history of presence messages for a specified channel in ably. it allows you to query presence events on a channel within a given time period.
Get Ably Service Time
This tool retrieves the current server time from ably's service in milliseconds since the epoch. it is particularly useful for time synchronization and generating valid tokenrequest timestamps to prevent replay attacks. the endpoint supports multiple content types, handles http errors, network issues, and is a fundamental tool for ensuring accurate timing in ably applications.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Google Slides and Ably, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
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