Get a quick air quality check from a Slack message
Ask about a city in Slack and let Notis look up its current air quality in Ambee.
Trigger
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Action
Get Air Quality by City
Tool to retrieve real-time air quality data for a specific city. use when you have a valid city name and need current aqi and pollutant levels.
Why this helps
Looking up environmental conditions in another app interrupts the thread and adds another task to remember.
- Keep a location-specific lookup tied to the conversation that prompted it.
- Avoid manually switching apps to retrieve current AQI and pollutant readings.
- Use a plain-language prompt to recognize the city in the message.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Ambee to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis what you want in plain language.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to retrieve Ambee city air quality when a Slack message asks about current conditions in a named city.
- 4Choose Channel Message Received as the trigger and select where Notis should report runs.
- 5Test with a real Slack message naming a city.
Questions about this workflow
What should the Slack message include?
It should name a city and ask about current air quality or pollution conditions.
What does Ambee retrieve?
The city lookup retrieves current air quality data, including available pollutant levels.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Ambee. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Ambee actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Air Quality by City
Tool to retrieve real-time air quality data for a specific city. use when you have a valid city name and need current aqi and pollutant levels.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get Air Quality by Latitude and Longitude
Tool to retrieve real-time air quality data for a specific latitude and longitude. use when you need hyper-local air quality readings for given coordinates.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Get Air Quality Forecast by Latitude and Longitude
Tool to retrieve air quality forecast for a specific latitude and longitude. use when you need predicted air quality data up to 48 hours in advance based on geographic coordinates.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Get Wildfire Risk Forecast by Place
Tool to retrieve wildfire risk forecast for a specific place. use when you need weekly wildfire risk predictions for a location over the next four weeks.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Geocode by Place
Tool to transform a place name or address into geographic coordinates. use after confirming the location name to get precise latitude and longitude.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get Air Quality by City
Tool to retrieve real-time air quality data for a specific city. use after obtaining a valid city name when current aqi and pollutant levels are needed.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get Air Quality by Country Code
Tool to retrieve real-time air quality data for a specific country using a 3-letter iso code. use after acquiring the country code and when you want a national overview of air quality.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Get Air Quality by Latitude and Longitude
Tool to retrieve real-time air quality data for a specific latitude and longitude. use when you need hyper-local air quality readings for given coordinates.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
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