Turn Slack research requests into useful web findings
Ask for research in Slack and have Firecrawl search the web for relevant sources, so you can stay with the conversation and get back to your work.
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
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
A promising research request can turn into a string of browser tabs and lost context.
- Gather relevant sources from a Slack request.
- Keep research connected to the original discussion.
- Reduce manual searching and tab switching.
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 tell Notis what you want in plain language.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to search Firecrawl for sources relevant to research requests posted in Slack.
- 4Choose the Slack channel message trigger and a channel for run reports, then test with a real request.
Questions about this workflow
Does this search automatically on every Slack message?
Set the instruction to act only when a message contains a clear research request or search question.
What does Firecrawl return?
Firecrawl searches the web, scrapes top results, and returns source details in the requested format.
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Firecrawl, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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