Blocked Work Frees Your Calendar - Automatically
Issue blocked? Your Cal availability refreshes immediately, showing you've got capacity for other things. No manual updating needed.
Trigger
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
Action
Create user schedule in organization
Creates a new schedule defining a user's availability with weekly slots and date-specific overrides in an organization; setting 'isdefault' to true may replace an existing default schedule for the user.
Why this helps
You mark an issue blocked but your calendar still shows you're deep in that work. Your time looks committed when it's actually freed.
- Calendar availability automatically adjusts when work is blocked, reflecting actual free capacity
- Prevents false time commitment signals that confuse stakeholders about your availability
- You see freed time instantly, enabling quick reprioritization
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Linear and Cal integrations
- 2Tell Notis: 'When an issue status changes to Blocked, create an availability window in Cal for previously reserved time'
- 3Specify how much time to open up (e.g., the duration of the original focus block)
- 4Set the trigger to Linear Issue Updated (filtering for Blocked status)
- 5Test by moving an issue to Blocked and verify Cal availability expands
Questions about this workflow
How much availability should be created?
Match it to what was previously blocked. If you had a 4-hour focus block reserved, the availability window is 4 hours.
What if I block multiple issues?
Each gets its own availability window. Multiple blocks become multiple available slots, giving you a clear picture of freed capacity.
Should I manually delete the old focus block?
Yes, manually clear the old block to avoid confusion. Notis creates the new availability window, you clean up the old one.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Linear to Cal. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Linear triggers
Cal actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add member to team
Adds a new member to a specified team within an organization by creating a team membership.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Add organization attribute option
Adds a new option to an organization's attribute, requiring a display `value` and a `slug` unique for that attribute.
Comment Received Trigger
Triggered when a comment is received.
Delete oauth client webhook
Permanently deletes a specific webhook subscription of an oauth client in the cal application, stopping its notifications.
Issue Created Trigger
Triggered when a new issue is created.
Cancel booking via uid
Cancels an existing and active cal.com booking using its unique identifier (uid).
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
Check calendar availability
Retrieves free/busy availability for a specified calendar to aid scheduling without revealing event details; requires an existing, accessible calendar, noting that data granularity can vary.
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).
Check gcal synchronization status
Call this read-only action to verify the connection and synchronization status of a user's google calendar integration with cal.
Private Team Issue Created
Fires when a new issue appears in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Check ics feed calendar endpoint
Checks an ics feed url (expected as a query parameter) to verify its validity, accessibility, and icalendar data integrity.
Private Team Issue Properties Updated
Fires when properties on an issue change in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Check Stripe status
Verifies if stripe is correctly connected to the cal scheduling system and functional for processing payments, reporting only on the integration's status.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Linear and Cal, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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