Keep important requests from getting lost in DMs
When a direct message contains a clear work request, create a short PDF summary using the request and any deadline it states.
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
Convert HTML to PDF
Tool to convert html or a public url into a pdf document. use when you need programmatic pdf generation from html content.
Why this helps
A useful request in a DM can vanish among other conversations and be hard to find when it is time to act.
- Creates a durable summary of a clear request.
- Keeps any explicitly stated deadline with the request.
- Reduces the need to reread the DM to recover its details.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Cloudlayer to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis conversationally what should happen.
- 3Give Notis one instruction to create a concise PDF only for clear work requests in DMs, keeping deadlines only when explicitly stated.
- 4Choose the Slack direct message received trigger and a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with one real request DM and confirm the summary matches it.
Questions about this workflow
Will all direct messages be turned into documents?
The instruction should limit the workflow to messages that clearly contain a work request.
What happens when no deadline is included?
Ask Notis to omit the deadline rather than infer one.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Cloudlayer. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Cloudlayer actions
Recurring trigger
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Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Convert HTML to PDF
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Reaction Added Trigger
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Cloudlayer, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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