Keep finance and admin follow-ups visible
Put recurring paperwork, approvals, and account tasks into the same place you manage other work.
Trigger
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Action
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.
Why this helps
Administrative requests are easy to postpone until a deadline is close.
- Capture paperwork and approval requests quickly.
- Preserve any stated timing in the task context.
- Reduce the mental load of remembering small obligations.
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 to set it up in plain language.
- 3Write one instruction asking Notis to create Linear issues for actionable finance or admin messages and include deadlines stated in the email.
- 4Choose New Outlook Message and select a run-report channel.
- 5Test with one genuine administrative email that needs action.
Questions about this workflow
Will newsletters create tasks?
Specify that only messages requiring a concrete administrative action should create an issue.
Can it capture a deadline?
Ask Notis to include stated due dates in the issue context.
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.
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