Move promising Slack ideas into a ClickUp backlog
Capture ideas the team agrees are worth exploring and leave casual brainstorming in chat.
Trigger
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Action
Create a task
Creates a new clickup task in a specific list, optionally as a subtask if a `parent` task id (which cannot be a subtask itself and must be in the same list) is provided.
Why this helps
Good ideas can disappear in a channel, while capturing every suggestion creates task-list noise.
- Capture ideas after a deliberate team signal.
- Keep the backlog focused on ideas worth revisiting.
- Preserve enough context to remember why an idea mattered.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and ClickUp to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create a prompt asking Notis to create a backlog task only when a chosen reaction marks an idea for exploration.
- 3Select Slack Message Reaction Added and choose where run reports should go.
- 4Test with one real idea and confirm the task captures its context.
Questions about this workflow
How does this avoid capturing every brainstorm?
Use a reaction as the team's deliberate signal and describe it in the automation prompt.
Does the automation evaluate whether the idea is approved?
The prompt can instruct Notis to look for the chosen reaction as the approval signal before creating a task.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Clickup. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Clickup actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add dependency
Adds a 'waiting on' or 'blocking' dependency to a task, requiring either `depends on` (task becomes waiting on) or `dependency of` (task becomes blocking), but not both; `team id` is required if `custom task ids` is true.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Add guest to folder
Adds a guest to a folder with specified permissions; requires a clickup enterprise plan.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Add guest to list
Shares a clickup list with an existing guest user, granting them specified permissions; requires the workspace to be on the clickup enterprise plan.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Add guest to task
Assigns a guest to a task with specified permissions; requires clickup enterprise plan, and `team id` if `custom task ids` is true.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Add tags from time entries
Associates a list of specified tags with one or more time entries within a given team (workspace).
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Add tag to task
Adds an existing tag to a specified task; team id is required if custom task ids is true.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Add task link
Links two existing and accessible clickup tasks, identified by `task id` (source) and `links to` (target).
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Add task to list
Adds an existing task to an additional clickup list; the "tasks in multiple lists" clickapp must be enabled in the workspace for this.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Clickup, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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