Create Dovetail topics from new slide themes
Give recurring themes a home in Dovetail as soon as they surface.
Trigger
New Slide Added
Fires when a new slide is added to a Google Slides presentation.
Action
Create Topic
Tool to create a new topic in a channel. use after confirming channel id, title, and optional description.
Why this helps
Emerging themes are noticed in decks but never become reusable research categories.
- Creates consistent language for recurring themes
- Makes future coding faster
- Prevents theme ideas from disappearing in decks
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Slides and Dovetail once.
- 2Create the automation in Notis and name it.
- 3Tell Notis how to detect a durable theme and create a Dovetail topic with a short description.
- 4Select New Slide Added as the trigger and set a report channel.
- 5Test with a slide that contains a clear recurring theme.
Questions about this workflow
Will it create a topic for every slide?
Only if your instruction says the theme meets your threshold.
Can it avoid duplicates?
Ask Notis to report likely duplicates instead of creating a new topic.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Slides to Dovetail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Slides triggers
Dovetail actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Channel
Tool to create a new channel in dovetail. use after confirming channel details.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Contact
Tool to create a new contact in dovetail. use when you need to register a contact before logging interactions.
New Slide Added
Fires when a new slide is added to a Google Slides presentation.
Create Data Point
Tool to create a data point within a channel. use after capturing new content to record and classify it in dovetail.
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'."
Create Topic
Tool to create a new topic in a channel. use after confirming channel id, title, and optional description.
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.
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."
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Google Slides and Dovetail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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