Keep email context with the Linear issue
Bring the useful update to the issue where the work is already being tracked.
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
Decisions and clarifications split between email and issue threads are easy to miss.
- Keep project context beside the task.
- Reduce copy-paste and tab switching.
- Make clarifications easier for teammates to find.
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 ask Notis in plain language.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to identify the related issue for a relevant email and post a concise comment with its new information.
- 4Choose the New Outlook Message trigger and a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with one email that clearly refers to an existing issue.
Questions about this workflow
How does Notis know which issue is related?
Describe in the instruction how to recognize an issue from the message context.
Will it comment on unrelated email?
State that comments should be added only when the message is relevant to a confidently identified issue.
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
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