Keep issue urgency aligned with incoming email
When a real deadline or urgent request changes, let the relevant issue reflect the shift.
Trigger
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Action
Update issue
Updates an existing linear issue using its `issue id`; requires at least one other attribute for modification, and all provided entity ids (for state, assignee, labels, etc.) must be valid.
Why this helps
Urgency communicated in email may not make it into the team's working queue.
- Make changed urgency visible in Linear.
- Reduce repeated manual status checks.
- Help the team respond to real deadlines sooner.
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.
- 3Give one instruction asking Notis to find the matching Linear issue and update it when an email clearly communicates a new urgent deadline or priority change.
- 4Choose New Outlook Message and a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with one urgent message tied to an existing issue and verify the change.
Questions about this workflow
Can it avoid treating emphatic wording as urgent?
Tell Notis to require a concrete deadline, escalation, or explicit priority change.
What if the matching issue is unclear?
Ask Notis to skip updates unless it can confidently identify the affected issue.
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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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