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Stay Accountable: Weekly Blocker Roundup

Blockers need accountability. Notis runs a weekly summary of what's stuck so your team can unblock and move forward.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

Action

Get BotStar Application IDs

Tool to retrieve the botstar application id (`appid`). use when initializing or reinitializing the live chat widget.

Why this helps

Blockers slip through cracks; no weekly accountability; leadership unaware of what's actually stuck.

  • Automatic weekly blocker visibility
  • Build accountability without manual meetings
  • Make unblocking a priority

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Linear and Botstar to Notis.
  • 2Tell Notis: 'Every Monday morning, find all issues with Blocked status and summarize them in a report'.
  • 3Select 'Notis Cron - Weekly' and choose your day and time.
  • 4Notis retrieves bot analytics and issues to create a comprehensive roundup.
  • 5Review the first report and adjust which statuses or labels count as blockers.

Questions about this workflow

Can I include blocked issues from multiple teams?

Yes. Say: 'Include blockers from all teams' or 'Only from the product and engineering teams' and Notis filters accordingly.

What does the report include?

Title, who it's blocking, how long it's been stuck, and why (reason label). Ask Notis to add what you need.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Linear to Botstar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Linear triggers

Botstar actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

BotStar LiveChat onClose Callback

Tool to register a callback when the chat window is closed. use after the widget is initialized. example prompt: "register an onclose handler that logs 'goodbye!' to the console."

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Get BotStar Application IDs

Tool to retrieve the botstar application id (`appid`). use when initializing or reinitializing the live chat widget.

ActionInstant

Comment Received Trigger

Triggered when a comment is received.

TriggerInstant

Livechat boot

Tool to reinitialize the live chat widget with provided data. use after initial load to reset or update widget configuration.

ActionInstant

Issue Created Trigger

Triggered when a new issue is created.

TriggerInstant

Close BotStar Livechat Widget

Tool to hide the live chat window. use when the chat widget is configured in livechat or popup mode.

ActionInstant

Issue Updated Trigger

Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.

TriggerInstant

Livechat on open

Tool to register a callback when the chat window is opened. use after widget initialization.

ActionInstant

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).

TriggerPolling

Livechat open

Tool to show the live chat window. use after the widget has been bootstrapped with botstarapi('boot') to programmatically open the chat window (mode must be 'livechat' or 'popup').

ActionInstant

Private Team Issue Created

Fires when a new issue appears in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).

TriggerPolling

Livechat update

Tool to update user details on the current live chat session. use when you need to modify user profile attributes during an active conversation.

ActionInstant

Private Team Issue Properties Updated

Fires when properties on an issue change in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).

TriggerPolling

Get BotStar Webview Parameter

Tool to retrieve a parameter value passed from the botstar chatbot to the webview. use inside onchatbotready after your page loads in modal mode with bs:input meta tags.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Linear and Botstar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

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