Give every new tracking database a running start
An empty new database is a motivation killer. When you create a new Notion data source, Notis fetches the top clustered news for your target market so the tracker opens with real headlines instead of a blank grid you have to fill yourself.
Trigger
Data Source Created
Fires when a new data source is created in the workspace.
Action
Get Top News
View relevance-ranked top news clusters for a country and language.
Why this helps
New trackers get created in a burst of enthusiasm, then sit empty because filling them from scratch feels like too much work.
- Fills a new tracker with real content immediately.
- Beats the blank-page inertia that stalls new databases.
- Uses clustered top news so the seed is signal, not noise.
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 'Seed new tracker'.
- 3Write the plain-language prompt, for example: 'When a new data source is created, fetch the top news for my market and give me a starter list.'
- 4Choose the Data Source Created trigger.
- 5Set the reporting channel, then create a test data source to confirm the seed.
Questions about this workflow
What is a data source here?
It is the newer Notion container that holds the rows of a database. This fires when a new one is created.
Can it write rows into the tracker?
By default it reports to your channel. Ask it to populate the database and it can add rows directly.
What market does it use?
Whatever you name in your instruction, so the seed matches the tracker's purpose.
When this happens · Trigger
Fires when a new data source is created in the 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.
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When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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