Monthly Check-In: All Your Airtable Bases
Every month, Notis sends a Slack message listing all your Airtable bases, their table counts, and when they were last updated. Identify stale projects and stay organized.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
List bases
Retrieves all airtable bases accessible to the authenticated user, which may include an 'offset' for pagination.
Why this helps
ADHD founders accumulate tools and bases over time but don't review them systematically. Dead bases pile up, creating clutter and confusion about what's actually current.
- See all active bases at a glance
- Identify stale or abandoned projects
- Monthly cleanup ritual prevents accumulation
- Stay aware of your database footprint
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Airtable to Notis
- 2Ask Notis: 'Every first Monday of the month at 10am, send me a Slack message listing all my Airtable bases, including table count and last update date'
- 3Notis fetches your base metadata automatically
- 4Choose your Slack channel for the audit report
- 5Review the first report and adjust frequency if needed
Questions about this workflow
Can I get more detailed audit info, like record counts?
Yes. Tell Notis: 'Include record count and last-modified-by for each table.' It pulls extended metadata.
Can Notis suggest bases to archive?
Yes. Ask it to flag bases with zero updates in 6 months or specific criteria you define. It surfaces candidates for cleanup.
What if I have hundreds of bases?
Notis summarizes by ownership, tag, or workspace. Tell it how to group, and it presents a navigable summary instead of a huge list.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Airtable. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Airtable actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create base
Creates a new airtable base with specified tables and fields within a workspace; ensure field options are valid for their type.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Comment
Creates a new comment on a specific record within an airtable base and table.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Create Field
Creates a new field within a specified table in an airtable base.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Create multiple records
Creates multiple new records in a specified airtable table.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Create a record
Creates a new record in a specified airtable table; field values must conform to the table's column types.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Create table
Creates a new table within a specified existing airtable base, allowing definition of its name, description, and field structure.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Delete Comment
Deletes an existing comment from a specified record in an airtable table.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Delete multiple records
Deletes up to 10 specified records from a table within an airtable base.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Airtable, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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