Give every new research topic instant news context
You capture a topic in a flash of clarity, then lose momentum going to find the facts. With this automation, each new row in your Notion research database triggers Notis to fetch the top news for that market, so the context is waiting when you come back.
Trigger
New Page
Action
Get Top News
View relevance-ranked top news clusters for a country and language.
Why this helps
Ideas get logged fast but the follow-up research never happens, leaving a database full of half-formed topics with no supporting context.
- Closes the gap between capturing an idea and researching it.
- Attaches current headlines to every topic without a manual search.
- Keeps your research database useful instead of a pile of loose notes.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Notion and World News API to Notis once from the portal.
- 2Open Automations in the portal, click New Automation, and name it 'Topic to top news'.
- 3Describe the outcome in plain language, for example: 'When a new row is added to my Research database, fetch the top news for that market and reply with a short summary.'
- 4Choose the New Page in database trigger for your research database.
- 5Pick the channel for run reports, then add one test topic to confirm the headlines come back.
Questions about this workflow
Which Notion trigger does this use?
It fires on a new page added to a database, so it runs the instant you create a new research row.
Can I scope it to one specific database?
Yes. You name the database in your instruction so only that one triggers the automation.
What if the topic is about a specific country?
Mention the country in your prompt or in the row itself and Notis will target that market's top news.
When this happens · Trigger
Fires when a new comment is created in the accessible workspace.
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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