Connect Outlook to Slack

When something happens in Outlook, Notis takes the next step in Slack. Describe what you want in plain English, or start from one of the examples below.

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Examples

Ways Notis can move work from Outlook to Slack

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Escalate urgent Outlook client messages in Slack

Recognize urgent client emails in Outlook and post a concise Slack escalation with the issue, owner, and next action.

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Turn emailed commitments into Slack reminders

Create a timed Slack reminder when a new Outlook message contains a clear promise, deadline, or requested follow-up.

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Surface customer objections in the sales channel

Detect pricing, timing, security, or competitor concerns in Outlook and alert the sales Slack channel with a concise summary.

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Add shared documents from Outlook to Slack

Recognize an accessible external document link in a new Outlook message and add it to Slack as a remote file for discovery.

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Open a Slack response channel for critical incident emails

Create a dedicated Slack channel when a trusted Outlook alert confirms a critical incident that needs coordinated response.

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Brief the team when an important meeting is scheduled

Post a focused Slack brief when a new Outlook event matches your important-meeting criteria, including purpose and preparation cues.

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Create an early preparation reminder for key meetings

Turn each qualifying new Outlook event into a Slack reminder that arrives early enough to gather material and make decisions.

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Open a private Slack room for project kickoffs

Create a private Slack channel when a new Outlook kickoff event confirms that a strategic project is starting.

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Notify Slack about consequential meeting changes

Post a Slack update when an important Outlook event changes time, location, attendees, or status in a meaningful way.

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Outlook to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Outlook triggers

Slack actions

New Contact Added

Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.

TriggerInstant

Set snooze duration

Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.

ActionInstant

Calendar Event Changes

Triggered when a new calendar event occurs (created, updated, or deleted) in the Outlook calendar.

TriggerInstant

Add a custom emoji to a Slack team

Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.

ActionInstant

New Calendar Event

Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.

TriggerInstant

Add an emoji alias

Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.

ActionInstant

New Outlook Message

Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.

TriggerInstant

Add a remote file

Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.

ActionInstant

New Sent Message

Triggered when a new message is sent from the Outlook mailbox.

TriggerInstant

Add a star to an item

Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.

ActionInstant

Add call participants

Registers new participants added to a slack call.

ActionInstant

Add emoji

Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.

ActionInstant

Add reaction to message

Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.

ActionInstant

Trigger Types

Four ways to start an automation.

A trigger is the event that kicks a workflow off. Notis supports four kinds: an event in a connected app, an inbound webhook, a recurring schedule, and soon, your own database.

Integration triggers

Fire when something happens inside a connected app. New Notion page, Stripe charge, Linear issue: any of 1,000+ apps can start a workflow.

New Notion pageStripe chargeCalendar event

Webhook triggers

A unique URL per workflow. Anything that can send an HTTP POST can start an automation, including no-code tools that speak webhooks.

Any HTTP POSTCustom backendIoT event

Works with

ZapierPipedream

Most used

Recurring triggers

Cron-style schedules run a workflow on the clock. Daily standups, hourly syncs, business-hours-only digests: the workhorse of Notis.

Daily · 8:00HourlyWeekdays only

Coming soon

Database triggers

Watch a row, query, or threshold in your own database and fire the moment the data changes. Row inserted, value crosses a limit, query starts matching.

Row insertedValue > limitQuery match

Why AI automation

Classic automation breaks. AI adapts.

Same triggers and actions, smarter middle. AI handles the fuzziness that breaks traditional Zapier-style workflows the moment a field gets renamed.

Classic automationAI automation

Cost

$ · pay per run

$$ · AI models per run

Reliability

Breaks on schema change

Adapts to format changes

Setup

Click 8 dropdowns

Describe it in English

Handles fuzzy

Hard-coded fields only

Reads intent, summarises

Human in loop

Bolted on

Built in · approval inbox

Maintenance

You own every break

Self-heals · we own it

Ease of use

Describe it. Notis builds it.

Skip the visual builder. Tell Notis what you want, in plain English. It writes the workflow, you review and deploy.

You · in the Notis Builder

NEW

“When a row gets added to the Q4 OKRs Notion database and the status is Blocked, send a Telegram message to the owner with a summary of what's blocking, and ping me if there's no reply within 24 hours.”

Notis built this automation:

TriggerRow added to "Q4 OKRs"

Condition✦Status = "Blocked"

AI step✦Summarise the blocker in plain English

ActionDM the row owner with summary

Timeout✦No reply in 24h → ping you

Observability

Watch every run.

Notis Desktop is Mission Control for your AI automations. See every run, replay, edit, or rewind. Set approval gates so Notis pauses before destructive actions.