Turn document milestones into goal reviews
Use meaningful writing milestones to check progress against commitments.
Trigger
Document Word Count Threshold
Triggers when a Google Doc's word/character count crosses a user-defined threshold. This trigger monitors a specific Google Doc and fires when its word or character count becomes greater than or equal to the configured threshold value.
Action
Get all goals
Tool to retrieve all goals for a specified user. use when listing a user's active goals.
Why this helps
Large drafting milestones pass without a deliberate review of what the work is advancing.
- Recognize meaningful milestones
- Connect writing volume to outcomes
- Create timely review points
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Super and Beeminder in Notis.
- 2Create an automation that reviews active goals when the document threshold is reached.
- 3Pick Document Word Count Threshold as the trigger.
- 4Choose a report channel and test with one qualifying document.
Questions about this workflow
Can the threshold be characters instead of words?
Yes. The trigger supports a user defined word or character threshold.
Will it fire repeatedly?
It fires when the document becomes greater than or equal to the configured threshold.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Super to Beeminder. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Super triggers
Beeminder actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Authenticate and Redirect User
Tool to authenticate a user and redirect them to a given url. use when sending a user into the beeminder web ui directly after oauth or token validation.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Charge
Tool to create a new charge for a user. use when billing a user outside of goal pledges; supports dryrun mode.
Aggregate Metric Changed
Triggers when an aggregate metric (SUM/COUNT/AVG/MIN/MAX) changes in a Google Sheets spreadsheet. This trigger monitors an aggregate calculation on a target column (optionally filtered by a search column/value) and fires when the calculated result changes.
Get all goals
Tool to retrieve all goals for a specified user. use when listing a user's active goals.
Attendee Response Changed
Polling trigger that fires when any attendee's RSVP changes to accepted, declined, or tentative. Returns attendee info and current status.
Get Archived Goals
Tool to retrieve archived goals for a specified user. use when you need to inspect a user's past archived goals.
Cell Range Values Changed
Triggers when values in a specified A1 range change in Google Sheets. This trigger monitors a specific cell or range of cells and fires when any values change.
Get Beeminder User Information
Tool to retrieve information about a specified beeminder user. use when you need to fetch details like timezone, goals, urgency, or deleted goals after authenticating successfully.
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Conditional Format Rule Changed
Triggers when conditional formatting rules change in a Google Spreadsheet. Detects when rules are added, updated, or removed. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
Data Validation Rule Changed
Triggers when data validation rules change (added/updated/removed) in a Google Spreadsheet. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Google Super and Beeminder, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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