Give every new Linear project a kickoff doc from the start
A new project deserves a home for its goals and open questions, but that doc rarely gets created in the first busy days. Notis makes a titled kickoff document the moment the project exists, so the thinking has somewhere to go.
Trigger
Project Created
Fires when a new Linear project is created. Covers projects in both public and private teams — polls with the connected user's token, so visibility matches what the connected user can see in Linear.
Action
Create a document
Creates a new google docs document using the provided title as filename and inserts the initial text at the beginning if non-empty, returning the document's id and metadata (excluding body content).
Why this helps
Projects start in Linear with no companion doc, so goals and open questions scatter across chats until it is too late to gather them.
- A named kickoff doc is created for every new project.
- Goals and open questions have a home from day one.
- You never scramble to make a doc mid-kickoff again.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Linear and Google Docs to Notis once from the portal.
- 2Open your portal link, go to Automations, and click New Automation.
- 3Write the prompt plainly: 'When a new Linear project is created, create a Google Doc titled after it with a goals and open questions section.'
- 4Select the Project Created trigger and pick the channel for run reports.
- 5Create a test project and confirm the kickoff doc appears.
Questions about this workflow
How is this different from copying a template?
This creates a fresh document with light seeded structure. If you have a full template, use the copy-template automation instead.
Can I choose the sections it seeds?
Yes. List the sections you want in the prompt and Notis includes them.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Linear to Google Docs. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Linear triggers
Google Docs actions
Comment Received Trigger
Triggered when a comment is received.
Copy Google Document
Tool to create a copy of an existing google document. use this to duplicate a document, for example, when using an existing document as a template. the copied document will have a default title (e.g., 'copy of [original title]') if no new title is provided, and will be placed in the user's root google drive folder.
Issue Created Trigger
Triggered when a new issue is created.
Create a document
Creates a new google docs document using the provided title as filename and inserts the initial text at the beginning if non-empty, returning the document's id and metadata (excluding body content).
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
Create Document Markdown
Creates a new google docs document, optionally initializing it with a title and content provided as markdown text.
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 Footer
Tool to create a new footer in a google document. use when you need to add a footer, optionally specifying its type and the section it applies to.
Private Team Issue Created
Fires when a new issue appears in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Create Footnote
Tool to create a new footnote in a google document. use this when you need to add a footnote at a specific location or at the end of the document body.
Private Team Issue Properties Updated
Fires when properties on an issue change in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Create Header
Tool to create a new header in a google document. use this tool when you need to add a header to a document, optionally specifying the section it applies to.
Project Created
Fires when a new Linear project is created. Covers projects in both public and private teams — polls with the connected user's token, so visibility matches what the connected user can see in Linear.
Create Named Range
Tool to create a new named range in a google document. use this to assign a name to a specific part of the document for easier reference or programmatic manipulation.
Project Properties Updated
Fires when properties on a Linear project change (status, lead, target date, priority, etc.). Covers projects in both public and private teams — polls with the connected user's token.
Create Paragraph Bullets
Tool to add bullets to paragraphs within a specified range in a google document. use when you need to format a list or a set of paragraphs as bullet points.
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