Alert Microsoft Teams when Linear work gets blocked
The moment an issue is marked blocked in Linear, Notis pings your Teams chat, so a stalled task gets a human on it instead of sitting quietly for days.
Trigger
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
Action
Send message to Teams chat
Sends a non-empty message (text or html) to a specified, existing microsoft teams chat; content must be valid html if `content type` is 'html'.
Why this helps
Blocked work stops moving without any alarm, and you only notice when a deadline is already at risk.
- Blockers get attention the moment they appear.
- Stalled work no longer hides until it is a crisis.
- You unblock people faster because you find out sooner.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Linear and Microsoft Teams to Notis once from the portal.
- 2Ask Notis for your portal link and open Automations, then New Automation.
- 3Write the prompt: when a Linear issue is marked blocked, send it to my Teams chat.
- 4Pick the Linear issue-updated trigger and set the run-report channel.
- 5Mark a test issue blocked in Linear and confirm the chat ping.
Questions about this workflow
How does Notis detect blocked?
You define it in plain language, usually a blocked label or status, and Notis watches for that change.
Can it alert the assignee too?
Yes. Ask Notis to include or message the assignee and it will.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Linear to Microsoft teams. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Linear triggers
Microsoft teams actions
Comment Received Trigger
Triggered when a comment is received.
Add member to team
Tool to add a user to a microsoft teams team. use when granting or updating membership for a user.
Issue Created Trigger
Triggered when a new issue is created.
Archive Teams team
Tool to archive a microsoft teams team. use after confirming the team id; returns 202 if accepted.
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
Get all chats
Retrieves all microsoft teams chats a specified user is part of, supporting filtering, property selection, and pagination.
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).
Get all chat messages
Retrieves all messages from a specified microsoft teams chat using the microsoft graph api, automatically handling pagination; ensure `chat id` is valid and odata expressions in `filter` or `select` are correct.
Private Team Issue Created
Fires when a new issue appears in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Create online meeting
Use to schedule a new standalone microsoft teams online meeting, i.e., one not linked to any calendar event.
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 Team
Tool to create a new microsoft teams team. use when you need to provision a team with optional template, channels, and members.
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.
Delete Teams team
Tool to delete a microsoft teams team. use after confirming the target team id.
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.
Get team channel
Tool to get a specific channel in a team. use after obtaining valid team and channel ids to fetch channel details.
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