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Find clearer ways to explain comment terminology

Understand an unfamiliar word and explore simpler alternatives when you need to restate the idea for your team.

Trigger

Public Team Comment Created

Fires when a new comment is posted on a *public-team* Linear issue. For private teams (lock icon in Linear's sidebar) use `LINEAR_PRIVATE_TEAM_COMMENT_CREATED`.

Action

Get Word Definition V2

Tool to retrieve definitions, phonetics, origin, and meanings of a given word using freedictionaryapi v2. use when you need comprehensive lexical data for a specific word.

Why this helps

Knowing a term's definition may not be enough when you need to explain it in everyday language to someone else.

  • Explore available alternatives for explaining a term.
  • Make it easier to restate specialized language in a handoff.
  • Pair a word's meaning with clearer phrasing ideas.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Linear and Dictionary api to Notis once through the portal.
  • 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis to explain unfamiliar public comment terms and suggest simpler wording.
  • 3Give one plain-language instruction to retrieve a definition and use available synonyms to suggest a clear paraphrase.
  • 4Choose Public Team Comment Created as the trigger and select a report channel.
  • 5Test with one real public-team comment containing a term you want to restate.

Questions about this workflow

Are synonyms always interchangeable?

No. Ask Notis to use synonyms as ideas and check that any suggested wording fits the comment's context.

Does this trigger public and private comments?

This event covers public-team comments. Private teams have a separate comment trigger.

When this happens · Trigger

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Linear triggers

Dictionary api actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Get Word Definition V2

Tool to retrieve definitions, phonetics, origin, and meanings of a given word using freedictionaryapi v2. use when you need comprehensive lexical data for a specific word.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Comment Received Trigger

Triggered when a comment is received.

TriggerInstant

Issue Created Trigger

Triggered when a new issue is created.

TriggerInstant

Issue Updated Trigger

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

TriggerInstant

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

Private Team Issue Created

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

TriggerPolling

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

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

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

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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