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Connect Outlook to Census bureau

When something happens in Outlook, Notis takes the next step in Census bureau. Describe what you want in plain English, or start from one of the examples below.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Examples

Ways Notis can move work from Outlook to Census bureau

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Turn new Outlook emails into an ACS market snapshot

When a new Outlook message arrives, pull current ACS 1-year estimates for the location and topics it mentions.

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Build a detailed ACS profile from an Outlook request

Use a new email to request detailed ACS 5-year estimates for a defined geography and set of variables.

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Create a business survey brief from an Outlook email

When a business research email arrives, retrieve American Business Survey data for the named year and endpoint.

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Check county business patterns from a new email

Read an Outlook request and retrieve county level establishments and employment statistics by industry and geography.

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Attach population estimates to a new planning event

When a new Outlook calendar event is created, retrieve population estimates for the geography named in its details.

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Prepare decennial Census data for a new event

Use a new Outlook calendar event to retrieve decennial Census data for the vintage, dataset, and geography in the agenda.

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Refresh resilience data when a calendar event changes

When an Outlook event changes, retrieve Community Resilience Estimates for the geography and year in the updated details.

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Refresh ACS estimates after an event change

When a calendar event changes, retrieve ACS 1-year estimates using the updated geography and research request.

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Add American Business Survey data to sent follow-ups

After an Outlook message is sent, retrieve ABS data that supports the business question or promise in the message.

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Outlook triggers

Census bureau actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Get ACS 1-Year Estimates

Tool to retrieve 1-year american community survey (acs) estimates for a specified geography. use when you need the most recent annual acs data for a given area.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Get ACS 5-Year Estimates

Tool to retrieve 5-year american community survey estimates for a specified year. use when detailed acs data by geography and variables is required.

ActionInstant

New Contact Added

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

TriggerInstant

Get American Business Survey

Tool to retrieve annual business survey (abs) data for a specified year and endpoint.

ActionInstant

Calendar Event Changes

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

TriggerInstant

Get Community Resilience Estimates

Tool to retrieve community resilience estimates for a specified year. use after selecting variables and geography to get cre data for analysis.

ActionInstant

New Calendar Event

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

TriggerInstant

Get County Business Patterns

Tool to retrieve county business patterns (cbp) data for a specified year. use when you need county-level business establishment and employment statistics filtered by industry and geography.

ActionInstant

New Outlook Message

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

TriggerInstant

Get Decennial Census Data

Tool to retrieve decennial census data for a specified vintage and dataset. use when you need census variables for a given geography.

ActionInstant

New Sent Message

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

TriggerInstant

Get Population Estimates

Tool to retrieve population estimates program (pep) data for a specified vintage and dataset. use when you need population or demographic estimates for specific geographies.

ActionInstant

Get Variable Details

Tool to retrieve metadata for a specific variable in a census dataset for a given year. use when you need the label, concept, data type, attribute codes, and valid-value constraints.

ActionInstant
Trigger Types

Four ways to start an automation.

A trigger is the event that kicks a workflow off. Notis supports four kinds: an event in a connected app, an inbound webhook, a recurring schedule, and soon, your own database.

Integration triggers

Fire when something happens inside a connected app. New Notion page, Stripe charge, Linear issue: any of 1,000+ apps can start a workflow.

New Notion pageStripe chargeCalendar event

Webhook triggers

A unique URL per workflow. Anything that can send an HTTP POST can start an automation, including no-code tools that speak webhooks.

Any HTTP POSTCustom backendIoT event
Works with
ZapierPipedream
Most used

Recurring triggers

Cron-style schedules run a workflow on the clock. Daily standups, hourly syncs, business-hours-only digests: the workhorse of Notis.

Daily · 8:00HourlyWeekdays only
Coming soon

Database triggers

Watch a row, query, or threshold in your own database and fire the moment the data changes. Row inserted, value crosses a limit, query starts matching.

Row insertedValue > limitQuery match
Why AI automation

Classic automation breaks. AI adapts.

Same triggers and actions, smarter middle. AI handles the fuzziness that breaks traditional Zapier-style workflows the moment a field gets renamed.

Classic automationAI automation
Cost
$ · pay per run
$$ · AI models per run
Reliability
Breaks on schema change
Adapts to format changes
Setup
Click 8 dropdowns
Describe it in English
Handles fuzzy
Hard-coded fields only
Reads intent, summarises
Human in loop
Bolted on
Built in · approval inbox
Maintenance
You own every break
Self-heals · we own it
Ease of use

Describe it. Notis builds it.

Skip the visual builder. Tell Notis what you want, in plain English. It writes the workflow, you review and deploy.

Notis

You · in the Notis Builder

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“When a row gets added to the Q4 OKRs Notion database and the status is Blocked, send a Telegram message to the owner with a summary of what's blocking, and ping me if there's no reply within 24 hours.”

Notis built this automation:

TriggerRow added to "Q4 OKRs"
Condition✦Status = "Blocked"
AI step✦Summarise the blocker in plain English
ActionDM the row owner with summary
Timeout✦No reply in 24h → ping you
Observability

Watch every run.

Notis Desktop is Mission Control for your AI automations. See every run, replay, edit, or rewind. Set approval gates so Notis pauses before destructive actions.

  • Full run history with inputs, outputs and traces
  • Replay any run with edited inputs
  • Approval inbox, confirm via chat in one tap
  • Audit logs for compliance teams

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Everything in the box.

Whatever starts the workflow, the platform underneath is the same: a thinking brain, full visibility, and you in control.

AI in the middle

Every step can include an LLM call: summarise, classify, extract, rewrite.

Full observability

Every run, every step, every input, all replay-able from Mission Control.

Human in the loop

Pause for approval. Notis pings you in chat with one-tap approve.

Self-healing

When an API changes shape, Notis adapts the parser. Less midnight fire-fighting.

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