Ground every new database in today's headlines
A new database usually starts life around a new project or bet. When you create one in Notion, Notis fetches the top clustered news for your market so the space opens grounded in the current landscape instead of a blank slate.
Trigger
Database Created
Fires when a new database container is created.
Action
Get Top News
View relevance-ranked top news clusters for a country and language.
Why this helps
New project spaces get created faster than they get context, so early decisions are made without knowing what is happening in the market.
- Grounds a new project space in current headlines.
- Delivers market context before the first decision is made.
- Fires automatically when the database is born.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Notion and World News API to Notis once from the portal.
- 2In Automations, click New Automation and name it 'New database news kickoff'.
- 3Write the plain-language prompt, for example: 'When a new database is created, fetch the top news for my market and give me a context snapshot.'
- 4Choose the Database Created trigger.
- 5Set the reporting channel, then create a test database to confirm the snapshot.
Questions about this workflow
How is this different from data source seeding?
This fires on the database container being created, distinct from a new data source being added to an existing database.
Does it work with databases made via the UI?
Yes. Creating a database in the Notion UI or via the legacy API fires this event.
What market does the snapshot cover?
The one you name in your instruction, so the context fits the project.
When this happens · Trigger
Fires when a new database container is created.
Do this · Action
View relevance-ranked top news clusters for a country and language.
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Notion to World News API. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Notion triggers
World News API actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Extract News Article
Extracts a public article for 2 points, plus 2 with analysis; paywalled or login-protected pages may be incomplete.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Extract News Links
Extract article links from a news homepage or section; an empty result is successful.
Comment Created
Fires when a new comment is created in the accessible workspace.
Get Geo Coordinates
Find a place’s latitude and longitude from its name or address.
Database Created
Fires when a new database container is created.
Generate RSS Feed
Generates an RSS 2.0 feed from a public news page; costs 1 point, plus 0.5 per item if extraction is enabled.
Data Source Created
Fires when a new data source is created in the workspace.
Search News Sources
Find monitored news sources by partial name and view their URLs and languages.
Data Source Schema Updated
Fires when a data source’s columns are added, removed, or renamed.
Get News by IDs
Retrieves full article records by their IDs; costs 0.1 quota points per returned article.
Page Content Updated
Fires when the body content of an accessible page is updated.
Get Top News
View relevance-ranked top news clusters for a country and language.
Page Created
Fires when a new page is created in the accessible workspace.
Search News
Searches indexed news, returning one page for 1 point plus 0.01 per article; free history is about a month.
Conditions and details
Requires at least one anchor filter to search; date, sentiment and text-match criteria can only refine an anchored search. Returns one offset page of indexed news articles. The cost is 1 point plus 0.01 points per returned article. Free accounts can search about one month of history.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Notion and World News API, or any other combination from 1,500+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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