Turn a Slack reaction into a focused news lookup
A simple reaction can signal that a topic deserves a source check. Notis can fetch recent headlines without adding another task to your list.
Trigger
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Action
List Latest News
Tool to retrieve the latest news articles from Currents News API. Use when you need a real-time feed of recent articles.
Why this helps
Interesting questions get acknowledged in chat but are easy to forget before anyone checks the facts.
- Captures research intent at the moment someone marks a message.
- Avoids creating a separate manual reminder for a quick source check.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Currents api to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis conversationally.
- 3Write a single prompt that asks Notis to fetch recent coverage for a message when it receives your chosen research reaction.
- 4Pick the Slack message reaction added trigger, configure the desired emoji if the trigger offers that option, and choose a report channel.
- 5Test by adding that reaction to a real topic message.
Questions about this workflow
Can a reaction trigger a search for every message?
Use a specific reaction as the signal, and explain in the prompt that only messages with a clear topic should lead to a lookup.
Does the workflow react to an emoji being removed?
This workflow uses the reaction added event. Removing a reaction is a separate event and is not part of this setup.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Currents api. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Currents api actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
List Latest News
Tool to retrieve the latest news articles from Currents News API. Use when you need a real-time feed of recent articles.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Activities Watch
Tool to start a notification channel to watch activities for a specified user and application. Use when needing to receive push notifications for user activity; call after OAuth credentials and webhook endpoint are set up.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Get Entity Usage Reports
Tool to retrieve usage statistics for a specific Google Workspace entity. Use when you need to analyze entity usage on a particular date.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
List Users
Tool to list users in a Google Workspace domain. Note: - When the provided base_url points to Currents News API (api.currentsapi.services), this action will gracefully fall back to listing latest news articles to ensure a valid response, since the Currents News API does not expose a users endpoint. - When the base_url points to Google Admin Directory API, it will list users from the domain/customer specified.
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 User Usage Report
Tool to retrieve the usage report for a specified user on a given date. Use after confirming the userKey and date. Use when detailed usage metrics are needed for auditing or monitoring.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Currents api, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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