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Turn new Outlook emails into an Appveyor project inventory

Start with the message already in your inbox and get a clear view of every Appveyor project in one concise report.

Trigger

New Outlook Message

Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.

Action

Get Projects

Tool to get a list of all projects for the authenticated account. use after authentication to enumerate available projects.

Why this helps

Important build or delivery requests get buried in email while project context stays scattered across tools.

  • Reduce inbox-to-CI context switching
  • See all Appveyor projects after a request arrives
  • Create a concise handoff for follow-up

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Outlook and Appveyor to Notis once in the portal.
  • 2Create a new automation and name the email-driven project inventory.
  • 3Tell Notis to retrieve Appveyor projects and summarize the result in the context of the new message.
  • 4Choose New Outlook Message as the trigger and select where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real Outlook message and review the report.

Questions about this workflow

What starts this automation?

A new message received in the connected Outlook mailbox.

What does Notis retrieve?

It retrieves the authenticated Appveyor account's project list and summarizes it alongside the email context.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Outlook to Appveyor. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Outlook triggers

Appveyor actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Get Build Artifacts

Tool to get the list of artifacts for a specific build job. use when you need to retrieve artifacts after a job completes.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Get Environments

Tool to get a list of all deployment environments. use when you need to enumerate available environments before creating deployments.

ActionInstant

New Contact Added

Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.

TriggerInstant

Get Projects

Tool to get a list of all projects for the authenticated account. use after authentication to enumerate available projects.

ActionInstant

Calendar Event Changes

Triggered when a new calendar event occurs (created, updated, or deleted) in the Outlook calendar.

TriggerInstant

Get Role

Tool to retrieve details of a specific role. use when you need to inspect permissions and metadata of a role by id.

ActionInstant

New Calendar Event

Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.

TriggerInstant

Get Roles

Tool to retrieve all roles in the account. use when you need to enumerate available roles before assigning permissions.

ActionInstant

New Outlook Message

Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.

TriggerInstant

Get Users

Tool to retrieve all users in the account. use when you need to list all team users in your appveyor account.

ActionInstant

New Sent Message

Triggered when a new message is sent from the Outlook mailbox.

TriggerInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Outlook and Appveyor, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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