Generate a news brief from any webhook topic
Send a topic from your tools and get useful headlines back.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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
Research requests arrive in different systems and are easy to lose.
- Centralize research requests
- Reuse one plain language workflow
- Receive consistent headline summaries
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Currents api in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named Webhook topic news brief.
- 3Tell Notis to read the incoming topic and return a concise latest news brief with source context.
- 4Pick a webhook trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test by sending one real topic payload.
Questions about this workflow
What must the webhook include?
It should include a usable topic or question for the news search.
Can another automation call it?
Yes. Any authorized workflow that can send the webhook can submit a topic.
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.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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