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Get contact history when a Notion record changes

A status change can be a cue to revisit context. Have Notis ask Orbit for the stored profile when you update a contact record.

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

Read Person Profile

Read the stored profile for one person: identity, contacts, history, sections, sources.

Why this helps

A changed contact status often leaves the founder searching for the history behind the next decision.

  • See the stored context tied to a contact before acting.
  • Reduce repeated searching across notes and tools.
  • Make status changes more useful as a prompt for review.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Notion and Orbit to Notis once through the portal.
  • 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis what you want in a conversational channel.
  • 3Write one instruction asking Orbit to read the stored profile for the person identified by the changed contact record.
  • 4Choose the Notion Page Properties Updated trigger and a run-report channel.
  • 5Test by changing one contact record and reviewing the returned profile.

Questions about this workflow

Does this update the Orbit profile?

No. The selected action reads the stored profile and returns its identity, contacts, history, sections, and sources.

Can I focus it on contact records?

Yes. Select the relevant Notion event and describe the intended contact records in the plain-language instruction.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Notion triggers

Orbit actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Find People

Find people from a description, criteria or identity signals, with source-backed context.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Read Person Profile

Read the stored profile for one person: identity, contacts, history, sections, sources.

ActionInstant

All Page Events

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

TriggerPolling

Batch Enrich Profiles

Build up to 20 people's profiles to partial or full depth in one call.

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

Enrich Person Profile

Build one person's profile to partial or full depth from live web and public sources.

ActionInstant

New Comment

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

TriggerPolling

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

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

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Notion and Orbit, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

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