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.
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.
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 Dictionary api, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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Do this · Action
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