Keep dependency updates with affected work
Make a partner update or delay visible where your team tracks the work that depends on it.
Trigger
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Action
Create a comment
Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.
Why this helps
External updates often arrive in email but the affected task still looks unchanged to the team.
- Share external progress with the people doing the work.
- Keep delays connected to affected issues.
- Reduce manual forwarding and status explanations.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Linear to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis the desired outcome in plain language.
- 3Ask Notis in one instruction to find the affected issue and add a concise comment when a new email reports a meaningful dependency update or delay.
- 4Choose New Outlook Message and a run-report channel.
- 5Test with one update that clearly identifies the related work.
Questions about this workflow
Can it skip routine status mail?
Instruct Notis to comment only when the update changes progress, timing, or a dependency.
What if several issues depend on the update?
Describe how Notis should handle multiple clearly affected issues, or ask it to skip ambiguous matches.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Outlook to Linear. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Outlook triggers
Linear actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create linear attachment
Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing linear issue.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create a comment
Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.
New Contact Added
Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Calendar Event Changes
Triggered when a new calendar event occurs (created, updated, or deleted) in the Outlook calendar.
Get create issue default params
Fetches a linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
Create a label
Creates a new label in linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Delete issue
Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.
New Sent Message
Triggered when a new message is sent from the Outlook mailbox.
Get all teams
Retrieves all teams from the linear workspace without requiring any parameters.
Download issue attachments
Downloads a specific attachment from a linear issue; the `file name` must include the correct file extension.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Outlook and Linear, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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