Give new business contacts a clear next step
Capture the promised introduction, resource, or follow-up while the connection is fresh.
Trigger
New Contact Added
Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.
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
New relationships can go quiet when there is no visible reminder to follow up.
- Make relationship follow-through easier to remember.
- Keep the reason for the contact in the work queue when available.
- Avoid relying on a crowded contact list as a reminder.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Linear to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation through the portal or ask Notis conversationally.
- 3Write one instruction asking Notis to create a Linear follow-up issue for a new business contact when useful follow-up context is available.
- 4Choose New Contact Added and a channel for run reports.
- 5Test by adding one appropriate business contact and reviewing the issue.
Questions about this workflow
Should every contact become a task?
The instruction can limit issues to business contacts with a meaningful next step or context.
What if no follow-up is known yet?
Ask Notis to skip creating an issue unless the contact entry or related context suggests a next action.
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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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