Prepare context for press inquiries
Respond to media requests with the current story context in view.
Trigger
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Action
List Latest News
Tool to retrieve the latest news articles from Currents News API. Use when you need a real-time feed of recent articles.
Why this helps
Press inquiries often arrive with little time for background research.
- Reduce response preparation time
- Understand the current news frame
- Prioritize urgent media requests
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Currents api in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named Press inquiry news context.
- 3Tell Notis to detect press inquiries, extract the topic, and return the latest relevant headlines and angles.
- 4Pick New Outlook Message as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one representative inquiry.
Questions about this workflow
Can it ignore ordinary emails?
Yes. Instruct it to run only for messages that appear to be press or media inquiries.
Can it flag urgency?
Ask Notis to label time sensitive topics based on the message content.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Outlook to Currents api. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Outlook triggers
Currents api actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
List Latest News
Tool to retrieve the latest news articles from Currents News API. Use when you need a real-time feed of recent articles.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Activities Watch
Tool to start a notification channel to watch activities for a specified user and application. Use when needing to receive push notifications for user activity; call after OAuth credentials and webhook endpoint are set up.
New Contact Added
Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.
Get Entity Usage Reports
Tool to retrieve usage statistics for a specific Google Workspace entity. Use when you need to analyze entity usage on a particular date.
Calendar Event Changes
Triggered when a new calendar event occurs (created, updated, or deleted) in the Outlook calendar.
List Users
Tool to list users in a Google Workspace domain. Note: - When the provided base_url points to Currents News API (api.currentsapi.services), this action will gracefully fall back to listing latest news articles to ensure a valid response, since the Currents News API does not expose a users endpoint. - When the base_url points to Google Admin Directory API, it will list users from the domain/customer specified.
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
Get User Usage Report
Tool to retrieve the usage report for a specified user on a given date. Use after confirming the userKey and date. Use when detailed usage metrics are needed for auditing or monitoring.
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 Currents api, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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