Give a new work view helpful outside context
A new view often reflects a shift in focus. Let Octen explore related market or practice context to help you make the view actionable.
Trigger
View Created
Triggers when a new Notion view is created. Fires workspace-wide. The payload includes `data.view_type` (`table`, `board`, `gallery`, `calendar`, `list`, `timeline`, `gantt`) and `data.parent` pointing at the view's tree parent (typically the teamspace), so customers can filter downstream.
Action
Octen Broad Search
Broad web search — decompose a query into sub-queries from multiple angles and search concurrently.
Why this helps
Creating a new organizational view can leave the underlying question or next research step unresolved.
- Explore the topic behind a new view.
- Turn organization changes into a useful research prompt.
- Get multiple perspectives without manually assembling searches.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Notion and Octen to Notis once.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis conversationally.
- 3Write one plain-language instruction telling Octen how to research the context signaled by a newly created view.
- 4Select View Created and choose the channel for run reports.
- 5Test with one real view whose topic has useful public context.
Questions about this workflow
Does a view event include its type?
Yes. The event includes the view type and its parent.
Will every view be a good research prompt?
State the relevant view contexts in the instruction so the automation focuses on views with a useful research question.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Notion to Octen. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Notion triggers
Octen actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Octen Broad Search
Broad web search — decompose a query into sub-queries from multiple angles and search concurrently.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Octen Web Search
Real-time web search across the live internet, with filters, highlights, and full page content.
All Page Events
Triggers when any Notion page is created or updated across the workspace.
Octen Embedding
Convert text into embedding vectors.
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.
Octen Extract
Extract clean, LLM-ready markdown from web pages — up to 20 URLs per call.
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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