Give each new contact a useful Drive brief
Make new contacts easier to follow up with by creating a Drive note that gathers the information Outlook provides.
Trigger
New Contact Added
Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.
Action
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Why this helps
New contact details can be hard to act on when follow-up context is spread across email and contact records.
- Create a consistent place for contact context
- Make follow-up easier to prepare
- Reduce repeated searching across apps
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Describe in one instruction what contact details Notis should include in a new Drive brief.
- 4Pick the Outlook New Contact Added trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real new contact.
Questions about this workflow
What contact information can the brief include?
Ask for information available from the new Outlook contact. Review a test brief to see which details are returned.
Can this create a follow-up plan too?
You can ask Notis to summarize available context and suggest follow-up points, but any missing relationship history or preferences must be supplied separately.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Outlook to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Outlook triggers
Google Drive actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
New Contact Added
Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.
Create Comment
Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.
Calendar Event Changes
Triggered when a new calendar event occurs (created, updated, or deleted) in the Outlook calendar.
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
Create File or Folder
Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
New Sent Message
Triggered when a new message is sent from the Outlook mailbox.
Create a folder
Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.
Create Reply
Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Outlook and Google Drive, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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