Inventory Buildkite agents when an incident email arrives
Give incident response a current agent inventory as soon as the alert reaches Outlook.
Trigger
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Action
List Pipeline Agents
Tool to list connected agents for an organization. use after confirming the organization slug. supports optional filtering and pagination.
Why this helps
Incident responders lose time gathering basic CI context before deciding who should investigate.
- Provide immediate CI context for incident response
- Make ownership and follow up easier to coordinate
- Keep the report tied to the original incident message
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Buildkite once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation for incident email triage.
- 3Tell Notis to identify incident messages, list connected Buildkite agents, and summarize the relevant response checks without claiming a root cause.
- 4Pick New Outlook Message as the trigger.
- 5Choose a report channel, then test with one real incident message.
Questions about this workflow
Can it diagnose the incident?
No. It provides the current agent inventory and a focused checklist based on the message.
Can it handle messages from monitoring systems?
Yes. Include the sender patterns or incident terms you want Notis to recognize.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Outlook to Buildkite. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Outlook triggers
Buildkite actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Get Meta
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New Contact Added
Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.
List Pipeline Agents
Tool to list connected agents for an organization. use after confirming the organization slug. supports optional filtering and pagination.
Calendar Event Changes
Triggered when a new calendar event occurs (created, updated, or deleted) in the Outlook calendar.
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
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 Buildkite, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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