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Transition a Jira issue when a Notion status changes

Updating status in two places is the kind of admin that quietly drains your focus. When you move a Notion item from In Progress to Done, Notis transitions the linked Jira issue to the same state, so your board in Notion and your board in Jira always tell the same story without you touching both.

Trigger

Page Properties Updated

Triggers when properties of a Notion page are updated. Customer optionally scopes with at most one of: - data_source_id: any row in this data source - page_id: this specific page - parent_page_id: any page whose immediate parent is this page With none set, fires for any property change in the workspace the integration has access to. Adding a column to a data source fires this trigger once per existing row. Customers can branch on `data.updated_properties` (array of property IDs) to filter downstream.

Action

Transition Issue

Transitions a jira issue to a different workflow state, with support for transition name lookup and user assignment by email.

Why this helps

You update status in Notion, then forget to mirror it in Jira, and now two tools disagree about where the work actually stands.

  • Your Notion board and Jira board stay in the same state without duplicate updates
  • Teammates who live in Jira see progress the moment you make it in Notion
  • You drop the mental tax of remembering to update the same thing twice

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Notion and Jira to Notis one time through the portal.
  • 2Open the portal link Notis sends you and choose New Automation.
  • 3Describe the outcome plainly, for example: When I change the status of a Notion item, move the matching Jira issue to the same stage.
  • 4Select the Page Properties Updated trigger from Notion and set the channel for run reports.
  • 5Change one Notion item's status and confirm the Jira issue transitions.

Questions about this workflow

How does Notis know which Jira status to use?

It reads your instruction and matches the Notion status to the closest Jira workflow stage. You can spell out the mapping in plain words if your names differ.

Will it fire on every property change?

You can tell Notis to act only when the status field changes, and it will ignore edits to other properties.

What if the Jira workflow blocks a transition?

Notis reports the outcome to your chosen channel so you can see when a transition is not currently allowed by Jira.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Notion triggers

Jira actions

All Page Events

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

TriggerPolling

Add Attachment

Uploads and attaches a file to a jira issue.

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

Add Comment

Adds a comment using atlassian document format (adf) for rich text to an existing jira issue.

ActionInstant

New Comment

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

TriggerPolling

Add Watcher to Issue

Adds a user to an issue's watcher list by account id.

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

Assign Issue

Assigns a jira issue to a user, default assignee, or unassigns; supports email/name lookup.

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

Bulk Create Issues

Creates multiple jira issues (up to 50 per call) with full feature support including markdown, assignee resolution, and priority handling.

ActionInstant

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

Create Issue

Creates a new jira issue (e.g., bug, task, story) in a specified project.

ActionInstant

New Page

Triggers when a new page is added to a Notion database.

TriggerPolling

Link Issues

Links two jira issues using a specified link type with optional comment.

ActionInstant

Page Added to Page

Fires when a new subpage (a `child_page` type block) is added under a specified parent Notion page.

TriggerPolling

Create Project

Creates a new jira project with required lead, template, and type configuration.

ActionInstant

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