Find the competition behind a Slack question
Use the name or country in a Slack message to look up relevant leagues and cups.
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 Leagues
Tool to retrieve leagues and cups. use when filtering competitions by id, name, country, code, season, team, type, current, search, or last.
Why this helps
Competition details are easy to lose track of when several leagues or seasons are part of the same discussion.
- Search league and cup records from the conversation where they are needed.
- Reduce repeated browsing to confirm competition details.
- Support clearer follow-up fixture and team searches.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Api sports to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create an automation and describe in one plain-language instruction how Notis should search leagues or cups for a Slack channel question.
- 3Choose Slack Channel Message Received as the trigger and select the run-report channel.
- 4Test with one real competition question that includes the known name or country.
Questions about this workflow
Can the search use a country?
Yes. Api sports league search supports country, name, code, season, type, and other criteria.
Can this workflow retrieve fixtures too?
This action looks up leagues and cups. A separate fixture lookup can use the result for schedules.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Api sports. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Api sports actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Coaches
Tool to fetch coaches and their career history. use when you need coach info by id, team filter, or name search.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get Countries
Tool to fetch available countries for league queries. use when filtering by name, code, or search string before retrieving leagues.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Get Fixtures
Tool to retrieve football fixtures/matches. use when filtering fixtures by id, date, league, season, team, or date ranges to get upcoming or past matches.
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 fixtures events
Tool to get events (goals, cards, substitutions, var, etc.) from a fixture. use when you need detailed event data after confirming the fixture id.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Get Head-to-Head Fixtures
Tool to get head-to-head fixtures between two teams. use after determining team ids to compare their direct match history.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get Fixture Lineups
Tool to retrieve starting xi and substitutes for a fixture. use after confirming fixture id; optionally filter by team, player, or section (startxi/substitutes). lineups appear ~20-40 minutes before kickoff for supported competitions.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get fixtures players
Tool to get player statistics from a fixture. use when you need detailed per-player stats for a specific match. optionally filter by team.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Get Fixtures Rounds
Tool to get the rounds for a league or cup. use after confirming league and season to retrieve available round identifiers (optionally with dates) for filtering fixtures.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Api sports, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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