Revisit your preferences when priorities compete
When everything feels equally urgent, a quick reminder of your saved preferences can help frame the next choice.
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
Get User Profile
Tool to retrieve the authenticated user's profile details and preferences. use after authentication to inspect account settings and status.
Why this helps
Competing requests in direct messages can make it harder to remember the preferences you set for yourself.
- Bring saved preferences into a moment of uncertainty.
- Reduce the effort of recalling your own decision context.
- Keep the response focused on a manageable next choice.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Exist to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Ask Notis to create an automation, or start one in Automations.
- 3Give one plain-language instruction to retrieve your Exist profile preferences when a DM mentions competing priorities and summarize them as a brief check-in.
- 4Select the Slack direct message trigger and a run-report channel.
- 5Test with one real priority-related DM.
Questions about this workflow
Does this decide what I should do?
No. It retrieves profile preferences for your consideration; it does not choose a priority.
Does it reply to the person who sent the DM?
The workflow returns a run report and does not send a DM reply.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Exist. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Exist actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get User Profile
Tool to retrieve the authenticated user's profile details and preferences. use after authentication to inspect account settings and status.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Exist OAuth2 Authorize
Tool to initiate the oauth2 authorization flow for user consent. use when you need an authorization code before exchanging for an access token.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Exist OAuth2 Authorize
Tool to initiate the oauth2 authorization flow for user consent. use when you need to obtain an authorization code before exchanging for an access token.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Get Attribute Templates
Tool to retrieve a paged list of supported attribute templates. use when you need to browse available templates before creating or updating data.
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 Correlations
Tool to retrieve a paginated list of recent correlations. use when exploring relationships between your tracked attributes, optionally filtering by strength or attribute.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get User Attributes
Tool to retrieve a paged list of the user's attributes without values. use when you need metadata on available attributes for filtering or selection.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get User Profile
Tool to retrieve the authenticated user's profile details and preferences. use after authentication to inspect account settings and status.
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 Exist, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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