Give direct research questions a follow-through step
Turn a market question in your DMs into a web search without keeping it in your head for later.
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
SERP Search
Tool to perform serp (search engine results page) searches across different search engines. use when you need to retrieve search results, trending topics, or competitive analysis data.
Why this helps
Direct messages can make research requests feel personal and urgent, even when they arrive during unrelated work.
- Give a market question a next step as soon as it arrives.
- Reduce the need to remember which DM needs research.
- Keep the search grounded in the request your teammate sent.
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 conversationally.
- 3Write one plain-language instruction to search the web for market research questions received in Slack DMs.
- 4Select Direct Message Received as the trigger and choose a channel for run reports.
- 5Send one representative research question in a test DM.
Questions about this workflow
Does this trigger on channel posts?
No. This workflow uses the Direct Message Received event, which is for messages sent directly to a user.
Will it respond to the sender?
The Brightdata action searches the web. The workflow does not itself send a Slack reply.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
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Slack triggers
Brightdata actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Webhook trigger
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Browse Available Scrapers
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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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