Turn Surprise Assignments Into Clear Next Steps
Surprise assignments trigger shame and avoidance in rejection-sensitive founders. You get assigned something and immediately catastrophize about the timeline. Notis intercepts that spiral by logging the assignment and delivering a calming cat moment - giving your nervous system time to regulate before you feel the pressure.
Trigger
Public Team Issue Properties Updated
Fires when properties on a *public-team* Linear issue change (status, assignee, priority, labels, etc.). For private teams (lock icon in Linear's sidebar) use `LINEAR_PRIVATE_TEAM_ISSUE_PROPERTIES_UPDATED`.
Action
Get Portals
Tool to list all portals. use when you need to browse portal metadata with pagination after authentication.
Why this helps
Being assigned work feels like criticism or proof of incompetence. You avoid looking at new assignments and they pile up unread, deepening the shame spiral.
- Assignments arrive with a calm, regulatory pause built in
- Logged ownership removes the mental load of tracking
- Reduce avoidance behavior around new work
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Linear and Cats to your Notis account in the portal settings.
- 2Create an automation triggered by 'Issue Updated' filtered to assignee changes or 'Private Team Issue Created' if using private teams.
- 3Write the plain-language instruction: 'When I'm assigned a new issue, log the assignment in my portal and send me a calming cat fact to help me feel ready to look at it.'
- 4Set the notification channel to SMS or Slack DM for immediate visibility.
- 5Test by asking a teammate to assign you a task and verify the calm preparation message arrives first.
Questions about this workflow
Does this work if I assign issues to myself?
Yes. Notis triggers on any assignee change, including self-assignments, so you get the same grounding moment.
Can I set different responses for high vs. low priority?
Yes. Add priority labels to your automation - high-priority assignments can get urgent cat facts while low-priority get calmer content.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Linear to Cats. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Linear triggers
Cats actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Portals
Tool to list all portals. use when you need to browse portal metadata with pagination after authentication.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Comment Received Trigger
Triggered when a comment is received.
Issue Created Trigger
Triggered when a new issue is created.
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
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).
Private Team Issue Created
Fires when a new issue appears in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Private Team Issue Properties Updated
Fires when properties on an issue change in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Linear and Cats, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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