Block Your Calendar Instantly When Urgent Issues Hit
Urgent tasks should interrupt your calendar, not derail your entire focus. Notis watches Linear for urgent labels and blocks off protected time for immediate response without losing momentum on other work.
Trigger
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
Action
Create One-Off Event Type
Creates a temporary calendly one-off event type for unique meetings outside regular availability, requiring valid host/co-host uris, a future date/range for `date setting`, and a positive `duration`.
Why this helps
Urgent issues pop up without warning, founder drops current task to handle them with no protected time, leading to fragmented work and context-switching fatigue.
- Protects focus time from urgent interruptions
- Creates structured response time instead of chaotic scrambling
- Reduces context-switching overhead
- Gives urgent issues dedicated time they deserve
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect your Linear and Calendly accounts to Notis via the portal (one-time setup).
- 2Go to Automations and create a new automation with the instruction: 'When an issue is updated with an urgent label, create a 1-hour event block in Calendly for immediate response.'
- 3Select 'Issue Updated' as the trigger and choose your notification channel.
- 4Test by labeling a non-critical issue urgent and verify the calendar block appears within seconds.
Questions about this workflow
Will this create a meeting invite or just block my personal time?
It creates a personal time block (one-off event) on your calendar that reserves time for urgent response. It doesn't send meeting invites--it's just protected focus time for you.
What if I have multiple urgent issues in one day?
Each urgent issue creates its own time block. You can adjust durations in your automation instruction if you want shorter or longer blocks per urgency level.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Linear to Calendly. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Linear triggers
Calendly actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Cancel event
Permanently cancels an existing, active scheduled event by its `uuid`, optionally providing a `reason`, which may trigger notifications to invitees.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create an invitee no-show
Marks an invitee, identified by their existing and valid uri, as a 'no show' for a scheduled event.
Comment Received Trigger
Triggered when a comment is received.
Create One-Off Event Type
Creates a temporary calendly one-off event type for unique meetings outside regular availability, requiring valid host/co-host uris, a future date/range for `date setting`, and a positive `duration`.
Issue Created Trigger
Triggered when a new issue is created.
Create scheduling link
Create a single-use scheduling link. creates a scheduling link that can be used to book an event. the link allows invitees to schedule up to the specified maximum number of events. once the limit is reached, the link becomes inactive.
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
Create share
Creates a customizable, one-time share link for a calendly event type, allowing specific overrides to its settings (e.g., duration, availability, location) without altering the original event type.
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).
Create single use scheduling link
Creates a one-time, single-use scheduling link for an active calendly event type, expiring after one booking.
Private Team Issue Created
Fires when a new issue appears in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Create webhook subscription
Creates a calendly webhook subscription to notify a specified `url` (which must be a publicly accessible https endpoint) for selected `events` within a given `organization` and `scope`.
Private Team Issue Properties Updated
Fires when properties on an issue change in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Delete invitee data
Permanently removes all invitee data associated with the provided emails from past organization events, for data privacy compliance (requires enterprise subscription; deletion may take up to one week).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Linear and Calendly, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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