Real-Time Priority Alerts on WhatsApp
When someone marks an issue as urgent or high priority in Linear, your team finds out on WhatsApp in seconds. No more missed escalations. No more surprises when a blocker suddenly becomes critical.
Trigger
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
Action
Send message
Send a text message to a whatsapp number. note: the message will reflect on the recipient's phone number only if they have texted first.
Why this helps
Your team member marks something urgent in Linear at 3pm. You don't see it until the next standup. By then, three hours of focus time was wasted on the wrong thing.
- Respond to urgent work in minutes, not hours
- Prevent wasted effort on low-priority tasks
- Keep your executive function sharper by reducing surprises
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Linear and WhatsApp to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis: 'When a Linear issue is updated and its priority changes to high or urgent, send me a WhatsApp message with the issue title, new priority, and assignee.'
- 3Choose the trigger 'Issue Updated' from Linear.
- 4Set WhatsApp as your notification channel.
- 5Test by changing an issue's priority in Linear and watch for the message.
Questions about this workflow
What counts as a 'priority change'?
Any update to the priority field—from low to medium, medium to high, or anything in between. You can customize it: only notify on high/urgent, or skip notifications for deprioritizations.
Will I get alerts for every tiny update to an issue?
Only if the priority actually changed. Other updates (like comment, description edits, or status changes) won't trigger the workflow unless you tell Notis to include them.
Can I get alerts only for priority changes on specific projects or teams?
Yes. Tell Notis which projects matter—e.g., 'Notify me only when issues in the Platform project get marked urgent,' and it will filter accordingly.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Linear to Whatsapp. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Linear triggers
Whatsapp actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create message template
Create a new message template for the whatsapp business account. templates must be approved by whatsapp before they can be used. templates are required for marketing messages and messages sent outside the 24-hour window.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Delete message template
Delete a message template from the whatsapp business account. this permanently removes the template and it cannot be recovered. only delete templates that are no longer needed.
Comment Received Trigger
Triggered when a comment is received.
Get business profile
Get the business profile information for a whatsapp business phone number. this includes business details like description, address, website, and contact info.
Issue Created Trigger
Triggered when a new issue is created.
Get media
Get information about uploaded media including a temporary download url. the download url is valid for 5 minutes and can be used to retrieve the actual media file. this is useful for downloading media that was sent to your whatsapp number.
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
Get media info
Get metadata about uploaded media without generating a download url. this is useful for checking file size, type, and hash without downloading the file. use get media if you need the actual download url.
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 message templates
Get all message templates for the whatsapp business account. templates are required for sending messages outside the 24-hour window and for marketing/utility messages.
Private Team Issue Created
Fires when a new issue appears in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Get phone number
Get details of a specific phone number associated with a whatsapp business account.
Private Team Issue Properties Updated
Fires when properties on an issue change in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Get phone numbers
Get all phone numbers associated with a whatsapp business account (waba).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Linear and Whatsapp, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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