Bring relevant industry context to changing plans
When a working page changes, Exa can search for outside developments related to the topic and summarize the useful sources.
Trigger
All Page Events
Triggers when any Notion page is created or updated across the workspace.
Action
Exa Search API
Search the web and extract contents from the results.
Why this helps
Plans move quickly, and keeping up with outside changes can compete with the work itself.
- Bring public context into a changing plan with less manual search.
- Use the updated page to guide a focused search.
- Review sources before incorporating external claims.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Notion and Exa to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis to search for industry context when Notion pages change.
- 3Use a single plain-language instruction that names the type of developments to find and requests a short sourced summary.
- 4Choose the Notion All Page Events trigger and a channel for run reports.
- 5Test on a real page update and refine the search instruction if needed.
Questions about this workflow
Will it run for every page?
All Page Events covers pages created or updated across the workspace the integration can access.
Can I limit the topic?
Describe the intended pages or subject in the prompt and use the event payload context to guide the search.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Notion to Exa. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Notion triggers
Exa actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Exa Contents
Fetch clean, LLM-ready content for a list of URLs.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Exa Search API
Search the web and extract contents from the results.
All Page Events
Triggers when any Notion page is created or updated across the workspace.
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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