Find market experts from a new Notion database
As you create a market research space, let Orbit identify people whose experience could inform your next questions.
Trigger
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.
Action
Find People
Find people from a description, criteria or identity signals, with source-backed context.
Why this helps
Building a research database can take attention away from finding the people who make the research valuable.
- Connect a new research space to relevant people discovery.
- Search for experience tied to your market question.
- Spend less time restarting expert research from scratch.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Notion and Orbit to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create the automation in the portal or tell Notis the intended outcome in plain language.
- 3Ask Orbit in one instruction to find people matching your market expert criteria when a Notion database is created.
- 4Select the Notion Database Created trigger and choose a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with a new research database and review the people found.
Questions about this workflow
Does this run when I add a data source to an existing database?
No. Database Created responds to creation of the database container. A new data source in an existing database is a separate event.
What criteria should I describe?
Name the market, relevant experience, role or perspective, and any other clues that define a useful expert.
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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.
Find People
Find people from a description, criteria or identity signals, with source-backed context.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Read Person Profile
Read the stored profile for one person: identity, contacts, history, sections, sources.
All Page Events
Triggers when any Notion page is created or updated across the workspace.
Batch Enrich Profiles
Build up to 20 people's profiles to partial or full depth in one call.
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.
Enrich Person Profile
Build one person's profile to partial or full depth from live web and public sources.
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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