Scan BART advisories for new calendar events
Know about transit issues before the new appointment becomes urgent.
Trigger
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
Action
Get Service Advisories
Tool to fetch current bart service advisories. use when you need up-to-date system-wide or station-level alerts before presenting or planning transit routes.
Why this helps
A meeting can look manageable until a service disruption changes the route.
- Surface disruptions before departure
- Prioritize affected events
- Keep planning lightweight
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Bart in the Notis portal once.
- 2Create an automation named New event advisory scan.
- 3Tell Notis to check BART advisories for the event route or nearby stations and summarize only relevant issues.
- 4Pick New Calendar Event as the trigger and choose a report channel.
- 5Test with one real event.
Questions about this workflow
Can it ignore events without travel context?
Yes, instruct Notis to report only when a location or route suggests BART travel.
Are advisories live?
The workflow uses the Bart service advisory action at run time.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Outlook to Bart. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Outlook triggers
Bart actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get BART API Version
Stub action for bart api version retrieval.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get BART Available Schedules
Tool to retrieve a list of currently released bart schedules. use when you need schedule versioning info.
New Contact Added
Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.
Get Route Info
Tool to fetch detailed information about a specific bart route. use when you know the route number (1–12) or need all routes configuration. call after confirming the route id.
Calendar Event Changes
Triggered when a new calendar event occurs (created, updated, or deleted) in the Outlook calendar.
Get BART Stations
Stub action for bart stations retrieval.
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
Get GTFS-RT Trip Updates
Tool to fetch real-time trip updates in gtfs-realtime format. use when you need the latest live trip information as raw protobuf.
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Download GTFS Static Schedule Feed
Tool to download the static gtfs feed (google transit.zip). use when needing the latest gtfs schedule data.
New Sent Message
Triggered when a new message is sent from the Outlook mailbox.
Get BART Schedule Arrive
Tool to retrieve schedule information based on a specified arrival time. use when planning trips arriving by a given time.
Get BART Schedule Depart
Tool to get schedule information based on a specified depart time. use when planning trips from an origin to a destination with time constraints after confirming station codes.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Outlook and Bart, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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