Auto-approve expense claims from Linear comments
Expense claims sit in pending status while you approve them separately in Breathe HR. When you comment 'approved' in Linear, Notis approves the claim instantly in Breathe HR.
Trigger
Comment Received Trigger
Triggered when a comment is received.
Action
Update Employee Expense Claim
Tool to approve or reject an employee expense claim. Use when you need to update the approval status of an expense claim by providing the claim ID and approver/rejector ID.
Why this helps
You review an expense claim and approve it in Linear, but then have to manually approve it again in Breathe HR. Reimbursement delays because approval is split across tools and someone forgets the second step.
- Expense claims approved in Breathe HR instantly from Linear
- Reimbursement cycles speed up without manual approval steps
- Approval decision in one system propagates to the other
- No forgotten second approvals or delayed payments
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Linear and Breathe HR to Notis.
- 2Create a new automation called 'Approve expense claims when confirmed in Linear'.
- 3Write the prompt: 'When someone comments "approved" or "ready to process" on an expense claim issue in Linear, find the matching expense claim in Breathe HR and mark it as approved.'
- 4Select trigger 'Comment Received' and choose your notification channel.
- 5Test by commenting 'approved' on an expense claim issue in Linear and verify the claim status changes to approved in Breathe HR.
Questions about this workflow
Who appears as the approver in Breathe HR?
The person who comments 'approved' in Linear is recorded as the approver in Breathe HR.
Can I reject or ask for changes via Linear comment?
You could extend your prompt to also handle 'rejected' or 'needs revision' comments, triggering a rejection or hold status in Breathe HR instead of approval.
What if 'approved' is mentioned casually in a comment?
Refine your prompt to be more specific, like 'only if the comment is from the finance manager and says this expense claim is approved.'
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Supported Triggers and Actions
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Linear triggers
Breathe HR actions
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