Bring Beeminder account context into Slack
Get relevant account details from Beeminder when you need context for a planning decision.
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 Beeminder User Information
Tool to retrieve information about a specified beeminder user. use when you need to fetch details like timezone, goals, urgency, or deleted goals after authenticating successfully.
Why this helps
When account details live outside your working conversation, finding them can interrupt focus.
- Retrieve Beeminder user information in response to a direct request.
- Make available goal and urgency context easier to consult.
- Keep the result in the reporting channel selected for this automation.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Beeminder to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create the automation in the portal or ask Notis to set it up in plain language.
- 3Tell Notis in one instruction to retrieve Beeminder user information when a DM requests account context.
- 4Select the direct message received trigger and choose a run-report channel.
- 5Test with a real DM asking for your Beeminder context.
Questions about this workflow
What information does this action retrieve?
It retrieves available information about a specified Beeminder user, such as timezone, goals, urgency, or deleted goals after authentication.
Does this show archived goals?
This workflow uses the user-information action. Use a separate archived-goals workflow when you specifically want past archived goals.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Beeminder. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Beeminder actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Authenticate and Redirect User
Tool to authenticate a user and redirect them to a given url. use when sending a user into the beeminder web ui directly after oauth or token validation.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Charge
Tool to create a new charge for a user. use when billing a user outside of goal pledges; supports dryrun mode.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Get all goals
Tool to retrieve all goals for a specified user. use when listing a user's active goals.
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 Archived Goals
Tool to retrieve archived goals for a specified user. use when you need to inspect a user's past archived goals.
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 Beeminder User Information
Tool to retrieve information about a specified beeminder user. use when you need to fetch details like timezone, goals, urgency, or deleted goals after authenticating successfully.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
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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