Find stale Linear docs in Google Docs every week
Docs quietly go out of date and nobody notices until someone acts on old information. Once a week, Notis searches your Google Docs for project and issue documents and flags what has not been touched, so stale docs surface on your terms.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Search Documents
Search for google documents using various filters including name, content, date ranges, and more.
Why this helps
You lose track of which project and issue docs still exist and which have gone stale, and you only find out when someone trusts the wrong one.
- A weekly search surfaces your project and issue docs in one place.
- Stale documents get flagged before anyone acts on them.
- You keep an accurate picture of what documentation exists.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Docs to Notis once from the portal.
- 2Open Automations from your portal link and click New Automation.
- 3Describe it plainly: 'Every Monday, search my Google Docs for project and issue docs and report which have not been updated recently.'
- 4Pick a weekly schedule trigger and choose the channel for the report.
- 5Run it once manually to confirm the search returns what you expect.
Questions about this workflow
What does the audit actually report?
It searches for the docs matching your description and reports them with last-updated details in your chosen channel.
Can I narrow the search?
Yes. Add filters in plain language, such as a name pattern or date range, and Notis applies them.
When this happens · Trigger
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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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