Get page context for a reported website issue
A link in a Slack issue report can be scraped for page content, giving whoever picks it up a useful starting point.
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
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.
Why this helps
Issue reports lose momentum when the next person has to reconstruct the page and its context.
- Capture content from the reported page.
- Give the next owner context to begin investigating.
- Keep the issue and page details connected.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Firecrawl to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create a new automation in the portal or describe it to Notis conversationally.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to scrape URLs in Slack messages reporting a website issue and return relevant page content.
- 4Pick the Slack channel message trigger and a report channel, then test with a real issue report.
Questions about this workflow
Does this diagnose the bug?
It retrieves page content for context; the instruction can ask Notis to summarize that content alongside the report.
What if the page requires a login?
Firecrawl's scrape action works with publicly accessible URLs.
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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.
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