Permission Made Simple: Auto-Create Groups for Presentation Teams
Instead of manually managing who gets access to presentation channels, Notis creates a user group the moment a new collaborative presentation starts. Everyone in the group can be mentioned at once and permissions stay consistent.
Trigger
New Slide Added
Fires when a new slide is added to a Google Slides presentation.
Action
Create a Slack user group
Creates a new user group (often referred to as a subteam) in a slack workspace.
Why this helps
Managing who can edit presentations and keeping permissions synchronized is a manual, error-prone task.
- Permissions stay consistent and don't get forgotten
- Mentioning the whole team is instant—no finding individuals
- Reduces manual permission management overhead
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Slides and Slack.
- 2Create an automation named 'Create editor groups for presentations'.
- 3Enter: 'When a new slide is added to a presentation, create a Slack user group called [presentation-name]-editors and add the core team.'
- 4Choose 'New Slide Added' as the trigger.
- 5Add a test slide and verify the user group appears in Slack.
Questions about this workflow
Who gets added to the user group?
Specify in your prompt—'product team', 'core stakeholders', specific names—and Notis will add those people.
Can I manage the group later?
Yes, Notis creates it and you can add/remove people as needed, just like any other user group.
What if a group already exists with that name?
Notis will skip creation and log that the group exists—no duplicates.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Slides to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Slides triggers
Slack actions
New Slide Added
Fires when a new slide is added to a Google Slides presentation.
Set snooze duration
Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.
Add a custom emoji to a Slack team
Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.
Add an emoji alias
Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.
Add a remote file
Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.
Add a star to an item
Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.
Add call participants
Registers new participants added to a slack call.
Add emoji
Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.
Add reaction to message
Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.
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