Make room before acting on a Slack decision
React to a decision message to start a short pause and protect your focus before you return to it.
Trigger
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Action
Sleep
Sleep
Why this helps
A new decision can pull you away from the task already in front of you, even when it does not need an immediate response.
- Create a deliberate pause after a team decision.
- Keep a new Slack thread from demanding immediate attention.
- Make it easier to finish your current task before switching.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Bench to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal, or ask Notis conversationally to start a cooldown after you react to a Slack decision message.
- 3Describe the outcome in one plain-language instruction, such as: wait for a short pause after this reaction so I can finish my current task before returning to the decision.
- 4Select Message Reaction Added as the trigger and choose where Notis should report runs.
- 5Test it by reacting to a real decision message and checking that the pause runs.
Questions about this workflow
What starts the cooldown?
Adding a reaction to a Slack message starts the automation. Choose a reaction that you use to mark a decision you want to revisit after a pause.
Does the automation reply in Slack?
The available Bench action is Sleep, so this workflow can create a pause. It does not post a Slack reminder or run a benchmark.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Bench. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Bench actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Sleep
Sleep
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
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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Do this · Action
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