Turn a changing task list into a site crawl
Maintain seed URLs in one task list and launch a structured crawl whenever the list changes.
Trigger
Task List Changed
Triggers when a task list changes (title or content updates). This trigger monitors a specific Google Tasks list and fires when changes are detected.
Action
Start Crawl Job
Tool to spider a site for links and process them with the extract api into a single collection. use when you have seed urls and want to collect structured data across a site. requires a plus plan for crawl api access.
Why this helps
Site research becomes repetitive when you manually restart crawls after adding or replacing seed pages.
- Keep crawl inputs in a familiar list
- Launch broader site collection from one change
- Reduce repeated crawl setup
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Tasks and Diffbot in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named Crawl Research Seeds.
- 3Tell Notis to read the public seed URLs in the changed task list and start a Diffbot crawl for the site research goal.
- 4Pick Task List Changed as the trigger.
- 5Choose a report channel, then test after adding one seed URL to the list.
Questions about this workflow
What does the list need to contain?
Include public seed URLs and describe the crawl goal in the automation prompt.
Is crawl access available on every Diffbot plan?
Diffbot Crawl requires a plan that includes crawl API access, such as a Plus plan.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Tasks to Diffbot. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Tasks triggers
Diffbot actions
Recurring trigger
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Webhook trigger
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Task Details Changed
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Task Updated
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Google Tasks and Diffbot, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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