Start a travel planning channel with a BART advisory check
When a new channel kicks off travel planning, have Notis retrieve current BART advisories as useful context for the group.
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 Service Advisories
Tool to fetch current bart service advisories. use when you need up-to-date system-wide or station-level alerts before presenting or planning transit routes.
Why this helps
Starting a new planning space often means rebuilding context and remembering basic checks from scratch.
- Add a service check at the start of a new planning conversation.
- Give participants shared transit context early.
- Reduce the chance that service status is overlooked during setup.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Bart to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis to check BART advisories when a travel planning channel is created.
- 3Write one plain-language instruction to retrieve current advisories for the new channel's travel context.
- 4Select the Slack new channel trigger and choose a channel for run reports.
- 5Test by creating a real planning channel and reviewing the advisory report.
Questions about this workflow
Can the workflow tell whether the channel is for travel?
The trigger fires for new channels. Keep the instruction clear about what context Notis should use, and review the run report.
Will it post into the new channel automatically?
The action retrieves advisories. Choose a run-report channel in the automation setup; this action does not itself post a message into Slack.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Bart. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Bart actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get BART API Version
Stub action for bart api version retrieval.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get BART Available Schedules
Tool to retrieve a list of currently released bart schedules. use when you need schedule versioning info.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Get Route Info
Tool to fetch detailed information about a specific bart route. use when you know the route number (1–12) or need all routes configuration. call after confirming the route id.
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 BART Stations
Stub action for bart stations retrieval.
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 GTFS-RT Trip Updates
Tool to fetch real-time trip updates in gtfs-realtime format. use when you need the latest live trip information as raw protobuf.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Download GTFS Static Schedule Feed
Tool to download the static gtfs feed (google transit.zip). use when needing the latest gtfs schedule data.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get BART Schedule Arrive
Tool to retrieve schedule information based on a specified arrival time. use when planning trips arriving by a given time.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Get BART Schedule Depart
Tool to get schedule information based on a specified depart time. use when planning trips from an origin to a destination with time constraints after confirming station codes.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Bart, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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