Get prospect research from Slack
Start a prospect search from Slack and retrieve its dataset items in the same workflow.
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
Run Actor Sync & Get Dataset Items
Tool to run an actor synchronously and retrieve its dataset items. use when immediate access to run results is needed.
Why this helps
Prospect research can stall when the run and its results require separate manual follow-up.
- Start a prospect search from a team request.
- Retrieve dataset items as part of the same action.
- Reduce the gap between asking for research and seeing results.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Apify to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations or ask Notis to run a prospect Actor and get its dataset items.
- 3Describe the prospect request and the Actor to run in one plain-language instruction.
- 4Pick the Slack channel-message trigger and a reporting channel.
- 5Test with one real prospect request and check the returned dataset items.
Questions about this workflow
When should I use this instead of an async run?
Use this when immediate results are useful and the Actor can finish within its synchronous runtime limit.
Where do the results come from?
Apify returns dataset items produced by the Actor run.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Apify. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Apify actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Actor
Tool to create a new actor with specified configuration. use when you need to initialize a fresh actor programmatically before publishing or running it.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Dataset
Tool to create a new dataset. use when you need to initialize or retrieve a dataset by name.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Create Actor Task
Tool to create a new actor task with specified settings. use when you need to configure or schedule recurring actor runs programmatically.
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 Task Webhook
Tool to create a webhook for an actor task. use when you need external notifications about task run events (e.g., completion or failure) in downstream systems.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Delete Actor
Tool to delete an actor permanently. use when you need to remove an actor by its id or username~actorname. confirm before calling.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Delete Webhook
Tool to delete a webhook by its id. use when removing a webhook after confirming the webhook id.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get Actor Details
Tool to get details of a specific actor. use when you need actor metadata by id or username/actorname.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Get all webhooks
Tool to get a list of all webhooks created by the user. use when you need to enumerate webhooks before filtering or maintenance.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Apify, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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