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Give project updates a place for milestone imagery

A status update can mark a meaningful milestone. Notis can create a Google Photos album at that moment to make room for milestone visuals and references.

Trigger

Project Update Posted

Fires when a project status update is posted on the Linear project's Updates tab. Covers projects in both public and private teams — polls with the connected user's token.

Action

Create Album

Creates a new album in google photos.

Why this helps

Milestone images often get collected after an update, when the project context has already faded from attention.

  • Creates an album when an update establishes a meaningful checkpoint.
  • Keeps milestone imagery organized around project context.
  • Reduces follow-up work after writing a project update.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Linear and Google Photos to Notis once in the portal.
  • 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis to prepare an album for selected project updates.
  • 3Write one plain-language instruction identifying the updates that merit a visual collection.
  • 4Select the Linear Project Update Posted trigger and choose a channel for run reports.
  • 5Test by posting a project update for a milestone with expected visuals.

Questions about this workflow

Does every project update need an album?

Describe in the prompt which updates represent milestones or call for visual documentation.

Can the album be populated automatically?

This workflow creates the album; upload or add media using a separate action when the files are available.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Linear triggers

Googlephotos actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Add Enrichment

Adds an enrichment at a specified position in a defined album.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Batch Add Media Items

Adds one or more media items to an album in google photos.

ActionInstant

Comment Received Trigger

Triggered when a comment is received.

TriggerInstant

Batch Create Media Items

Unified action to upload media files and create them as items in google photos.

ActionInstant

Issue Created Trigger

Triggered when a new issue is created.

TriggerInstant

Batch Get Media Items

Returns the list of media items for the specified media item identifiers.

ActionInstant

Issue Updated Trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create Album

Creates a new album in google photos.

ActionInstant

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

Get Album

Returns the album based on the specified albumid.

ActionInstant

Private Team Issue Created

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

TriggerPolling

Download Photos Media Item

Downloads a media item from google photos and returns it as a file.

ActionInstant

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

List Albums

Lists all albums shown to a user in the albums tab of google photos.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

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

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