Start a breaking news watch from Slack
When a market topic needs attention, request a Benzinga news watch directly in the Slack channel where your team is discussing it.
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 Newsfeed Stream
Tool to stream real-time news events via websocket. use when you need immediate updates to news as they are created, updated, or removed.
Why this helps
Important market updates can arrive while a founder is focused elsewhere, making manual checking disruptive.
- Starts a news watch from a clear team request.
- Supports fast awareness of newsfeed changes.
- Cuts down on repeated checking during focused work.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Benzinga to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal, or ask Notis to start the Benzinga newsfeed stream when a Slack channel message explicitly requests a breaking news watch for a ticker or topic.
- 3Pick Channel Message Received as the trigger and select a run-report channel.
- 4Test with a real watch request.
Questions about this workflow
What kinds of newsfeed changes can the stream cover?
The action streams real-time news events as articles are created, updated, or removed.
Can it start for a general company discussion?
Use the prompt to require an explicit watch request so routine discussion does not start monitoring.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Benzinga. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Benzinga actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Calendar Earnings Stream
Tool to subscribe to real-time earnings calendar events via websocket. use when you need immediate updates as reports are announced.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get Conference Calls
Tool to retrieve upcoming and historical conference call details such as times, tickers, and webcast urls. use when filtering conference calls by date range or ticker symbols.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Get Consensus Ratings
Tool to get consensus analyst ratings and price targets for a specified ticker over a date range. use when you need to gauge analyst sentiment and target price consensus for investment decisions.
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 Earnings Calendar V2.1
Tool to retrieve earnings calendar data (v2.1). use when you need dates, estimates, and actuals for upcoming earnings events.
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 Economics
Tool to retrieve economic calendar events including actual, consensus, and prior values and importance. use when filtering by date, country, importance, or updated timestamp.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get Newsfeed Stream
Tool to stream real-time news events via websocket. use when you need immediate updates to news as they are created, updated, or removed.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get Analyst Ratings
Tool to fetch analyst ratings calendar data including rating actions, price targets, and analyst details. use when querying upcoming or historical analyst ratings.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Get Removed
Tool to retrieve removed or cancelled calendar events. use when you need to identify calendar items removed for specific event types or filtered by removal timestamp.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Benzinga, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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