Check new meetings against your Beeminder goals
Know which goals a new meeting advances, delays, or competes with.
Trigger
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
Action
Get all goals
Tool to retrieve all goals for a specified user. use when listing a user's active goals.
Why this helps
Calendar commitments accumulate without showing how they affect the goals you are trying to keep on track.
- Adds goal context to new meetings
- Makes tradeoffs visible earlier
- Supports more intentional scheduling
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Beeminder once in Notis.
- 2Create a new automation with a clear name.
- 3Tell Notis to compare each new calendar event with active Beeminder goals and summarize likely impact.
- 4Pick New Calendar Event as the trigger.
- 5Select a report channel and test with one real event.
Questions about this workflow
What information does Notis use?
It uses the new Outlook event and the active goals returned by Beeminder.
Can it reschedule the event?
This workflow reports alignment; it does not edit the Outlook calendar.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Outlook to Beeminder. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Outlook triggers
Beeminder actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Charge
Tool to create a new charge for a user. use when billing a user outside of goal pledges; supports dryrun mode.
New Contact Added
Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.
Get all goals
Tool to retrieve all goals for a specified user. use when listing a user's active goals.
Calendar Event Changes
Triggered when a new calendar event occurs (created, updated, or deleted) in the Outlook calendar.
Get Archived Goals
Tool to retrieve archived goals for a specified user. use when you need to inspect a user's past archived goals.
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
Get Beeminder User Information
Tool to retrieve information about a specified beeminder user. use when you need to fetch details like timezone, goals, urgency, or deleted goals after authenticating successfully.
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
New Sent Message
Triggered when a new message is sent from the Outlook mailbox.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Outlook and Beeminder, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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