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Connect Notion to CommCare

When something happens in Notion, Notis takes the next step in CommCare. Describe what you want in plain English, or start from one of the examples below.

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Examples

Ways Notis can move work from Notion to CommCare

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Submit approved field visit forms to CommCare

Turn a newly added, approved field visit record in Notion into a CommCare form submission, so program details move into the field system without another handoff.

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Invite approved CommCare web users from Notion

When a Notion access request is updated as approved, ask Notis to create a CommCare web user invitation with the requested role and permissions.

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Create CommCare lookup tables from new Notion specs

Use a newly created Notion setup brief to request a CommCare lookup table for a program's approved reference data.

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Find available CommCare reports after a Notion review comment

When a new review comment requests a report check, have Notis retrieve the available CommCare reports so the team can see what is ready to inspect.

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Submit updated consent records to CommCare

When the body of a consent page changes, have Notis submit the updated consent information as a CommCare form when the page is ready.

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Submit ready case follow-up forms

Use a Notion case follow-up status change as the cue for Notis to submit the corresponding CommCare form when the follow-up is complete.

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Invite new clinicians to CommCare after onboarding entry

Use a new clinician onboarding record in Notion to start a CommCare web user invitation when the access details and approval are ready.

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Refresh CommCare lookup setup after a spec revision

A content change to a Notion reference-data specification can prompt Notis to create a new CommCare lookup table when the change calls for one.

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List CommCare reports from a page-level request

When someone comments on a specific Notion planning page asking what reports are available, have Notis list the CommCare reports for review.

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Notion triggers

CommCare actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Create Lookup Table

Tool to create a new lookup table in a CommCare domain. Use when you need to set up reference data structures like product catalogs, price lists, or configuration tables. Requires 'Edit Apps' permission.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create Web User Invitation

Tool to create an invitation for a new web user in CommCare. Use when you need to invite a user with specific role and permissions. Requires 'Edit Web Users & Edit Access API' permissions.

ActionInstant

All Page Events

Triggers when any Notion page is created or updated across the workspace.

TriggerPolling

List Reports

Tool to retrieve available reports configured in a CommCare project. Use when you need to discover what reports exist before downloading report data via the Download Report Data API.

ActionInstant

Comment Created

Triggers when a new comment is created in Notion. Optional `page_id` filter scopes to comments on a specific page. When omitted, fires for any new comment in the workspace the integration has access to. Requires the 'Read comments' capability on the Notion integration. If a connection was authorized before that capability was enabled, the user must re-authorize the connection for comment events to flow.

TriggerInstant

Single Sign On

Tool to validate login credentials and retrieve user profile for a mobile worker or web user. Use when you need to authenticate a user and obtain their profile information including roles, permissions, locations, and configuration details.

ActionInstant

New Comment

Triggers when a new comment is added to a specified Notion block or page.

TriggerPolling

Submit Form to CommCare

Tool to submit an XForm to CommCare following the OpenRosa standard. Use when you need to submit form data with complete XML including required metadata fields (deviceID, timeStart, timeEnd, username, userID, instanceID).

ActionInstant

Database Created

Triggers when a new Notion database (the container) is created. A database is the post-2025-09-03 container that holds one or more data sources. This trigger fires for the container's creation event (`database.created`), distinct from `NOTION_DATASOURCE_CREATED` which fires when a new data source is added to an existing database. Most customers calling Notion's `POST /v1/databases` (the legacy API) or creating a database via the Notion UI will see this event. Adding a new data source to an existing database fires `data_source.created` instead — use `NOTION_DATASOURCE_CREATED` for that. Notion's payload puts `entity.type: "block"` (the container is a `child_database` block in the content tree) and `entity.id` is the database id.

TriggerInstant

Submit Form ODK Compatible

Tool to submit form data using ODK-compatible endpoint for Android client compatibility. Use when submitting XForm data to CommCare. Requires properly formatted XML with metadata including unique instanceID.

ActionInstant

Data Source Created

Triggers when a new Notion data source is created. Fires workspace-wide. The payload's `data.parent` carries the data source's tree parent (typically the teamspace) for downstream filtering. A single template-based database creation can fire multiple `data_source.created` events at once — one per data source the template instantiates.

TriggerInstant

Data Source Schema Updated

Triggers when a Notion data source's schema is updated. Fires on column add / remove / rename. Payload includes `data.updated_properties: [{id, name, action}]` so consumers can discriminate the kind of change downstream. Optional `data_source_id` filter scopes to schema changes on a single data source. When omitted, fires for any schema change in the workspace the integration has access to. Note: adding a column also fires `page.properties_updated` once per existing row in the data source. Customers wanting a single structural-change signal should use this trigger.

TriggerInstant
Trigger Types

Four ways to start an automation.

A trigger is the event that kicks a workflow off. Notis supports four kinds: an event in a connected app, an inbound webhook, a recurring schedule, and soon, your own database.

Integration triggers

Fire when something happens inside a connected app. New Notion page, Stripe charge, Linear issue: any of 1,000+ apps can start a workflow.

New Notion pageStripe chargeCalendar event

Webhook triggers

A unique URL per workflow. Anything that can send an HTTP POST can start an automation, including no-code tools that speak webhooks.

Any HTTP POSTCustom backendIoT event
Works with
ZapierPipedream
Most used

Recurring triggers

Cron-style schedules run a workflow on the clock. Daily standups, hourly syncs, business-hours-only digests: the workhorse of Notis.

Daily · 8:00HourlyWeekdays only
Coming soon

Database triggers

Watch a row, query, or threshold in your own database and fire the moment the data changes. Row inserted, value crosses a limit, query starts matching.

Row insertedValue > limitQuery match
Why AI automation

Classic automation breaks. AI adapts.

Same triggers and actions, smarter middle. AI handles the fuzziness that breaks traditional Zapier-style workflows the moment a field gets renamed.

Classic automationAI automation
Cost
$ · pay per run
$$ · AI models per run
Reliability
Breaks on schema change
Adapts to format changes
Setup
Click 8 dropdowns
Describe it in English
Handles fuzzy
Hard-coded fields only
Reads intent, summarises
Human in loop
Bolted on
Built in · approval inbox
Maintenance
You own every break
Self-heals · we own it
Ease of use

Describe it. Notis builds it.

Skip the visual builder. Tell Notis what you want, in plain English. It writes the workflow, you review and deploy.

Notis

You · in the Notis Builder

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“When a row gets added to the Q4 OKRs Notion database and the status is Blocked, send a Telegram message to the owner with a summary of what's blocking, and ping me if there's no reply within 24 hours.”

Notis built this automation:

TriggerRow added to "Q4 OKRs"
Condition✦Status = "Blocked"
AI step✦Summarise the blocker in plain English
ActionDM the row owner with summary
Timeout✦No reply in 24h → ping you
Observability

Watch every run.

Notis Desktop is Mission Control for your AI automations. See every run, replay, edit, or rewind. Set approval gates so Notis pauses before destructive actions.

  • Full run history with inputs, outputs and traces
  • Replay any run with edited inputs
  • Approval inbox, confirm via chat in one tap
  • Audit logs for compliance teams

Automations

Inbox

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Migrate background jobs to a durable queue You can cancel it through Stripe

3 days

Notis v3 release update This one’s v3: Notis Manager (desktop app with …

8 days

Add multi-tenant RBAC User initiates a voice call

13 days

Draft pricing v (tiers, limits, overages) and sanity-check margins

2 weeks

Verify analytics events for new features That’s a really interesting automat…

1 month

Everything in the box.

Whatever starts the workflow, the platform underneath is the same: a thinking brain, full visibility, and you in control.

AI in the middle

Every step can include an LLM call: summarise, classify, extract, rewrite.

Full observability

Every run, every step, every input, all replay-able from Mission Control.

Human in the loop

Pause for approval. Notis pings you in chat with one-tap approve.

Self-healing

When an API changes shape, Notis adapts the parser. Less midnight fire-fighting.

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