Look up island recommendations from Slack
Answer a recommendation-count question without turning it into a separate research task. Share the island code and interval in Slack.
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
Get Island Recommendations
Tool to retrieve the count of player recommendations for an island. Use when you need recommendation metrics over a given interval.
Why this helps
Popularity signals are easy to postpone when checking them involves leaving a focused conversation and finding the right analytics view.
- Retrieve recommendation counts for an island and interval.
- Keep a popularity check connected to the discussion that prompted it.
- Make the result easy to find in the run-report channel.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Epic games to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis to check recommendations from a Slack request.
- 3Use one plain-language instruction to read the island code and interval and return the recommendation count.
- 4Choose the Slack channel message trigger and a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with one real message containing the required island details.
Questions about this workflow
What will Notis look up?
It will retrieve the count of player recommendations for the island over the interval stated in the request.
Where does the automation send its result?
It sends run results to the reporting channel selected when you create the automation.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Epic games. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Epic games actions
Recurring trigger
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Epic games, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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