Channel Housekeeping: Find and Archive Stale Presentation Spaces
Slack workspaces accumulate presentation channels over time and they become noise. Notis regularly audits your channels, finding ones that haven't been touched in weeks, so you can decide what stays and what gets archived.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Find channels
Find channels in a slack workspace by any criteria - name, topic, purpose, or description.
Why this helps
Slack becomes cluttered with old presentation channels and finding which ones to archive requires manual review.
- Automated audit saves manual searching
- Reduces channel noise and confusion
- Helps you stay organized without constant monitoring
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack to Notis.
- 2Create an automation named 'Audit stale presentation channels'.
- 3Write: 'Every Monday morning, search for presentation-related channels that have no messages in the last 30 days and report them.'
- 4Choose 'Weekly schedule' as the trigger.
- 5Review the report each Monday and archive what's no longer needed.
Questions about this workflow
How old does a channel need to be to show up?
Mention your threshold in the prompt—'30 days', '60 days', or '90 days inactive' and Notis will use that timeframe.
Will Notis automatically archive them?
No, it just reports them. You decide which to archive and can ask Notis to archive specific ones if you want.
Can I exclude certain channels from the audit?
Yes. Mention channels to skip like '#general' or 'all-hands' and Notis won't flag them.
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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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Not just Google Slides and Slack. Any combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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