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Bring VPC inventory into Slack planning

Get the current VPC list when the team asks about cloud networks, without breaking away to search for it.

Trigger

Channel Message Received

Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.

Action

List All VPCs

Tool to list all vpcs on your account. use when you need an inventory of your vpc resources; supports pagination.

Why this helps

Network planning creates extra mental load when the current VPC setup is not easy to recall.

  • Start planning from a current VPC inventory.
  • Keep network questions connected to the channel conversation.
  • Reduce manual preparation before a routine infrastructure discussion.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Slack and DigitalOcean to Notis once through the portal.
  • 2Create a new automation with a single prompt to retrieve VPCs for Slack requests about network inventory or planning.
  • 3Set Channel Message Received as the trigger and choose a run-report channel.
  • 4Test with a real Slack request for the VPC list.

Questions about this workflow

Does this create or update a VPC?

No. It retrieves the VPC inventory for planning.

Can the team use it for a particular VPC?

A Slack request can ask for a specific VPC, and the prompt can describe when to retrieve details for follow-up.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Digital ocean. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Slack triggers

Digital ocean actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Create Custom Image

Tool to create a new custom image by providing a url to a linux vm image. use when you need to import a vm image into digitalocean after specifying name, url, distribution, and region.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create Database Cluster

Tool to create a new managed database cluster. use when you need to provision a database cluster with name, engine, version, region, size, and number of nodes.

ActionInstant

New Channel Created Trigger

Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.

TriggerInstant

Create New Block Storage Volume

Tool to create a new block storage volume. use when you need to provision persistent block storage after confirming the target region supports volumes. example: "create a 100 gib ext4 backup volume named 'db-backup' in nyc1."

ActionInstant

Channel Message Received

Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.

TriggerInstant

Create New Domain

Tool to create a new domain. use when you have the domain name and optionally an ip address to assign an a record.

ActionInstant

Direct Message Received

Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.

TriggerInstant

Create Domain Record

Tool to create a new dns record for a domain. use after confirming domain exists and record specifics.

ActionInstant

Message Reaction Added

Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.

TriggerInstant

Create New Droplet

Tool to create a new droplet. use when you need to provision a vm with name, region, size, and image.

ActionInstant

Message Reaction Removed

Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.

TriggerInstant

Create New Firewall

Tool to create a new firewall. use when you need to define a firewall name and custom rules (requires at least one inbound and one outbound rule).

ActionInstant

Reaction Added Trigger

DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.

TriggerInstant

Create New Kubernetes Cluster

Tool to create a new kubernetes cluster. use when you have finalized the cluster name, region, version, and at least one node pool. confirm region supports kubernetes clusters before use.

ActionInstant

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