Review a launch site from its Slack request
When a launch review needs broader coverage than one page, start a Firecrawl crawl from the website URL in the Slack request.
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
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.
Why this helps
Launch checks often become a manual list of pages to open and revisit.
- Start a site-wide crawl from a clear request.
- Gather pages for a launch review in one run.
- Reduce repetitive manual page checks.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Firecrawl to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation conversationally or in the portal.
- 3Write one instruction asking Notis to crawl the site URL in Slack messages that request a launch review.
- 4Select the Slack channel message trigger and a report channel, then test with a real launch URL.
Questions about this workflow
Will it crawl every page on the website?
The crawl follows Firecrawl's crawl options and filtering rules; describe any useful scope in your instruction.
Can it check only a launch section?
Include the relevant path or section in the Slack request and instruction so the crawl can be scoped appropriately.
When this happens · Trigger
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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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