Create Dovetail topics from deck theme webhooks
Give recurring research themes a home as soon as they reach your system.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Create Topic
Tool to create a new topic in a channel. use after confirming channel id, title, and optional description.
Why this helps
Theme decisions made during deck reviews are easy to lose before they become shared taxonomy.
- Turns themes into shared taxonomy
- Speeds follow-up coding
- Keeps source context with the topic request
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Dovetail in the Notis portal.
- 2Create a webhook automation and name it.
- 3Describe how to validate the theme payload and create a Dovetail topic with title and description.
- 4Choose the Notis webhook trigger and a report channel.
- 5Send one real theme payload and verify the result.
Questions about this workflow
How can I avoid duplicate topics?
Ask Notis to compare the incoming theme with existing context and report likely duplicates.
What if the theme is too vague?
Set a rule to request clarification or skip creation when the payload lacks a durable definition.
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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