Look up Appveyor role details from a Slack DM
Ask privately about a named role and get its Appveyor details in the same conversation.
Trigger
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Action
Get Role
Tool to retrieve details of a specific role. use when you need to inspect permissions and metadata of a role by id.
Why this helps
Private access questions often leave the requester waiting while someone switches tools to verify role details.
- Closes the loop with the original requester.
- Keeps private access context in the DM.
- Reduces time spent searching through role settings.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Appveyor to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create a new automation in the portal or ask Notis to create it conversationally.
- 3Write one prompt asking Notis to retrieve and summarize the Appveyor details for a named role asked about in a Slack DM.
- 4Select the Slack direct message trigger, choose a channel for run reports, and test with a real named-role DM.
Questions about this workflow
Does this handle role assignment?
No. It retrieves role details only.
What should the message include?
Include the role name or another clear identifier so Notis can retrieve the right details.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
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Slack triggers
Appveyor actions
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New Channel Created Trigger
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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 Role
Tool to retrieve details of a specific role. use when you need to inspect permissions and metadata of a role by 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 Roles
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Message Reaction Added
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Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
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