Find alternative products when feature discussions happen
When your team discusses a feature in Linear, Notis automatically searches Bestbuy for products with similar features. Understand what's already available in the market before building.
Trigger
Public Team Comment Created
Fires when a new comment is posted on a *public-team* Linear issue. For private teams (lock icon in Linear's sidebar) use `LINEAR_PRIVATE_TEAM_COMMENT_CREATED`.
Action
Get Products
Tool to retrieve products from best buy. use when you need to fetch product listings with optional filters and sorting. example: 'get products for category abcat0101000 sorted by saleprice.dsc.'
Why this helps
Teams often build features without knowing what alternatives already exist in the market. This wastes development resources and misses partnership or acquisition opportunities.
- Discover existing alternatives automatically
- Avoid building duplicate features
- Identify partnership opportunities
- Build smarter, more unique features
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Linear and Bestbuy to Notis (one-time)
- 2Create 'Feature Alternative Identification' automation
- 3Tell Notis: 'When a comment discusses a feature, search Bestbuy for products that have similar features. Show feature names, products, and how they're implemented.'
- 4Select notification channel
- 5Test by discussing a feature idea in a comment
Questions about this workflow
How does Notis parse feature descriptions from comments?
It uses context clues like 'we should add', 'we need', or 'feature:' to identify features. The more specific you are, the better the search.
Will this return competitors only or all product categories?
Notis searches across all Bestbuy categories to find any product with that feature, not just direct competitors.
What if the feature is too niche to exist in Bestbuy's catalog?
Notis will return the closest alternatives and note that the feature is likely novel in the market.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Linear to Bestbuy. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Linear triggers
Bestbuy actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Categories
Tool to retrieve best buy product categories. use when you need to list or filter categories in the catalog.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get Category Details
Tool to retrieve detailed information about a best buy category by its id. use when you need enriched metadata about a specific category.
Comment Received Trigger
Triggered when a comment is received.
Get Product Details by SKU
Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific product by sku. use after obtaining a valid sku to fetch its attributes.
Issue Created Trigger
Triggered when a new issue is created.
Get Products
Tool to retrieve products from best buy. use when you need to fetch product listings with optional filters and sorting. example: 'get products for category abcat0101000 sorted by saleprice.dsc.'
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
Get Review Details
Tool to retrieve detailed information for a specific review by id. use after confirming the review id.
Private Team Comment Created
Fires when a new comment is posted on an issue in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Get Product Reviews
Tool to retrieve product reviews. use when you need customer feedback with filters or sorting. use after obtaining product skus.
Private Team Issue Created
Fires when a new issue appears in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Get Store Details
Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific best buy store. use when you have a valid store id.
Private Team Issue Properties Updated
Fires when properties on an issue change in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Get Best Buy Stores
Tool to retrieve a list of best buy stores. use when you need store listings with optional filters or geo-search after confirming your api key.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Linear and Bestbuy, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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