Start project research when a new Slack channel appears
Give new project spaces a research kickoff by crawling the reference pages your team needs.
Trigger
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Action
Trigger Site Crawl
Tool to trigger a site crawl job to extract content across multiple pages or entire domains. use when you need to start a crawl for a given dataset and list of urls.
Why this helps
A new channel can mark the start of work, but gathering background material often gets postponed until someone has spare time.
- Tie a project kickoff signal to a concrete research step.
- Collect material across multiple reference pages in one crawl job.
- Spend less time manually opening background pages.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Brightdata to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis to set it up conversationally.
- 3Write one instruction describing which project reference site to crawl when a new Slack channel is created.
- 4Select New Channel Created as the trigger and choose a channel for run reports.
- 5Create a test channel for a project and confirm the crawl job starts.
Questions about this workflow
Does creating a channel tell Brightdata what site to crawl?
The automation prompt needs to describe the reference site or how Notis should determine it; the trigger itself only signals that a Slack channel was created.
Does the crawl return results immediately?
A crawl starts a job. Use the corresponding Brightdata status and download actions in a separate workflow if you need to check or retrieve results.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Brightdata. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Brightdata actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Trigger Site Crawl
Tool to trigger a site crawl job to extract content across multiple pages or entire domains. use when you need to start a crawl for a given dataset and list of urls.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Browse Available Scrapers
Tool to list all available pre-made scrapers (datasets) from bright data's marketplace. use when you need to browse available data sources for structured scraping.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Filter Dataset
Tool to apply custom filter criteria to a marketplace dataset (beta). use after selecting a dataset to generate a filtered snapshot.
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 Available Cities
Tool to get available static network cities for a given country. use when you need to configure static proxy endpoints after selecting a country.
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 Available Countries
Tool to list available countries and their iso 3166-1 alpha-2 codes. use when you need to configure zones with valid country codes before provisioning proxies.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Download Scraped Data
Tool to retrieve the scraped data from a completed crawl job by snapshot id. use after triggering a crawl or filtering a dataset to download the collected data.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Check Crawl Status
Tool to check the processing status of a crawl job using snapshot id. call before attempting to download results to ensure data collection is complete.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
List Unlocker Zones
Tool to list your configured web unlocker zones and proxy endpoints. use to view available zones for web scraping and bot protection bypass.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Brightdata, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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