Turn a shared VIN into useful vehicle details
When a car comes up in a conversation, get its Edmunds details without leaving the thread to rebuild your research.
Trigger
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.
Action
Get vehicle detail
Search new and used car inventory on Edmunds by make, model, year, condition, and location. Retrieve detailed specs, pricing, history, and dealer info by VIN, and browse all available car makes.
Why this helps
Useful vehicle leads often arrive in comments, then disappear beneath other discussion before anyone checks them.
- Convert a shared VIN into details while the conversation is active.
- Keep specs, pricing, history, and dealer context together.
- Reduce the chance that a promising lead gets lost in comments.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Notion and Edmunds to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create an automation with one prompt to extract a VIN from a new Notion comment and request its Edmunds vehicle details.
- 3Choose the Comment Created trigger and scope it to the relevant page if useful.
- 4Pick a report channel and test with a real VIN comment; confirm Notion comments access is authorized.
Questions about this workflow
What if the comment has no VIN?
Tell Notis in the prompt to skip the Edmunds lookup when no usable VIN is present.
What if comment events do not arrive?
The Notion integration needs Read comments capability. If it was authorized before that capability was enabled, reauthorize the connection.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Notion to Edmunds. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Notion triggers
Edmunds actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get vehicle detail
Search new and used car inventory on Edmunds by make, model, year, condition, and location. Retrieve detailed specs, pricing, history, and dealer info by VIN, and browse all available car makes.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Search inventory
Search new and used car inventory on Edmunds by make, model, year, condition, and location. Retrieve detailed specs, pricing, history, and dealer info by VIN, and browse all available car makes.
All Page Events
Triggers when any Notion page is created or updated across the workspace.
List makes
Search new and used car inventory on Edmunds by make, model, year, condition, and location. Retrieve detailed specs, pricing, history, and dealer info by VIN, and browse all available car makes.
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.
New Comment
Triggers when a new comment is added to a specified Notion block or page.
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.
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.
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.
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