Customize a Supplied Slack Slide-Link Preview
A supplied Slack message and preview payload are enough to improve how a shared slide link reads.
Trigger
New Slide Added
Fires when a new slide is added to a Google Slides presentation.
Action
Customize URL unfurl
Customizes url previews (unfurling) in a specific slack message using a url-encoded json in `unfurls` to define custom content or remove existing previews.
Why this helps
A useful preview cannot be created from a new-slide event without the shared Slack message and approved content.
- Improves scanability of a known link
- Keeps preview data supplied and reviewable
- Does not claim to export a thumbnail from Slides
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Slides and Slack to Notis once.
- 2Create an automation in the portal named 'Customize a Supplied Slack Slide-Link Preview'.
- 3Write one plain-language instruction: 'When a new slide is added, customize the unfurl for an existing slack message using supplied preview content. Use only the supplied context: existing Slack message channel and timestamp, URL, approved title, description or thumbnail data, and unfurl authorization.'
- 4Select New Slide Added and choose a channel for run reports; provide the stated context.
- 5Test with one real, bounded example and review the returned Slack result.
Questions about this workflow
What is needed to change a preview?
Supply the existing Slack message channel and timestamp, URL, and approved preview fields.
Does this create a Slides thumbnail?
No. Provide usable thumbnail data if needed; the action customizes an existing Slack unfurl.
When this happens · Trigger
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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
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