Start approved research with one Slack reaction
Mark a research question ready with a reaction and let Firecrawl search for relevant sources while you move on to other work.
Trigger
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Action
Search
Performs a web search for a query, scrapes content from the top search results using firecrawl, and returns details in specified formats.
Why this helps
Research requests sit idle when nobody knows whether they are approved to start.
- Use a visible reaction as a clear start signal.
- Reduce follow-up messages about whether to begin.
- Collect sources against the original question.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Firecrawl to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation by asking Notis or starting one in the portal.
- 3Use one plain-language instruction to search Firecrawl for the question in a reacted-to message when the reaction signals approval.
- 4Select the Slack reaction added trigger, choose a run report channel, and test by reacting to a real research request.
Questions about this workflow
Can the reaction indicate approval?
Describe the intended reaction and meaning in the instruction, such as a check mark for approved research.
Does the workflow create a report automatically?
The selected Firecrawl action searches and returns source details; ask Notis to summarize those results in the run.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Firecrawl. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Firecrawl actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Cancel a crawl job
Cancels an active or queued web crawl job using its id; attempting to cancel completed, failed, or previously canceled jobs will not change their state.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Start a web crawl
Initiates a firecrawl web crawl from a given url, applying various filtering and content extraction rules, and polls until the job is complete; ensure the url is accessible and any regex patterns for paths are valid.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Extract structured data
Extracts structured data from web pages by initiating an extraction job and polling for completion; requires a natural language `prompt` or a json `schema` (one must be provided).
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 the status of a crawl job
Retrieves the current status, progress, and details of a web crawl job, using the job id obtained when the crawl was initiated.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Map multiple URLs
Maps a website by discovering urls from a starting base url, with options to customize the crawl via search query, subdomain inclusion, sitemap handling, and result limits; search effectiveness is site-dependent.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Scrape URL
Scrapes a publicly accessible url, optionally performing pre-scrape browser actions or extracting structured json using an llm, to retrieve content in specified formats.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Search
Performs a web search for a query, scrapes content from the top search results using firecrawl, and returns details in specified formats.
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 Firecrawl, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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