Confirm a source is covered before you count on it
Building coverage around a source that is not actually tracked wastes real effort. When you add a new source to your Notion database, Notis checks whether the World News API already monitors it, so you find out up front, not after you have built on top of it.
Trigger
New Page
Action
Search News Sources
Find monitored news sources by partial name and view their URLs and languages.
Why this helps
You add sources to your list assuming they are covered, then discover later that the ones you relied on were never being tracked.
- Confirms coverage before you build on a source.
- Prevents blind spots in your automated news setup.
- Runs the check the instant a source is added.
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 'Source coverage check'.
- 3Describe the outcome, for example: 'When a new source is added to my Sources database, check whether it is monitored and reply yes or no.'
- 4Choose the New Page in database trigger for that database.
- 5Set the reporting channel, then add one source to confirm the check works.
Questions about this workflow
What does the check tell me?
Whether the specified news source is currently being monitored by the World News API.
Can it flag uncovered sources for me?
Yes. Ask Notis to reply only when a source is not covered so you only hear about the gaps.
Does it change the Notion row?
It reports to your channel by default. Ask it to update the row and it can note the result there instead.
When this happens · Trigger
Fires when a new comment is created in the accessible workspace.
Do this · Action
Find monitored news sources by partial name and view their URLs and languages.
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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