Connect Slack to Freshbooks

When something happens in Slack, Notis takes the next step in Freshbooks. Describe what you want in plain English, or start from one of the examples below.

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Examples

Ways Notis can move work from Slack to Freshbooks

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Post your active FreshBooks projects to Slack every morning

Start each day with a clear list of every live FreshBooks project dropped into Slack, so you never open the billing dashboard just to remember what you are working on.

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Answer project questions in Slack with a live FreshBooks list

When someone asks about current projects in a Slack channel, Notis fetches the real FreshBooks project list and replies, so nobody has to dig through the billing tool.

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React to a Slack message to pull the FreshBooks project list

Add an emoji to any Slack message and Notis fetches your current FreshBooks projects and posts them back, giving you a one-tap way to check billable work.

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DM Notis in Slack to get your FreshBooks projects instantly

Send Notis a direct message in Slack and it replies with your live FreshBooks project list, so a quick private check never means opening the billing dashboard.

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Get a weekly FreshBooks project review in Slack every Friday

Every Friday, Notis pulls your full FreshBooks project list and posts it to Slack so you can close the week knowing exactly what is still on the books.

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Trigger a FreshBooks project pull from any tool via webhook

Any app or script can hit a Notis webhook to fetch your FreshBooks project list and post it to Slack, giving your custom tools a hook into billing without extra code.

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Surface FreshBooks projects when a new client channel is created

Spin up a new Slack channel for a client and Notis fetches your FreshBooks projects and posts them, so the workspace starts with the billing context already in view.

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Post a daily summary of your FreshBooks businesses to Slack

For anyone running more than one FreshBooks business, Notis posts a daily list of all of them to Slack so you always know which books you are working across.

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DM Notis in Slack to list all your FreshBooks businesses

Send a Slack DM and Notis replies with every FreshBooks business on your account, a fast private way to confirm which entity you should be working in.

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Freshbooks. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Slack triggers

Freshbooks actions

New Channel Created Trigger

Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.

TriggerInstant

List Businesses

Tool to list all businesses associated with the authenticated user.

ActionInstant

Channel Message Received

Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.

TriggerInstant

List Projects

Tool to list all projects for a business. use after confirming the business id.

ActionInstant

Direct Message Received

Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.

TriggerInstant

Message Reaction Added

Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.

TriggerInstant

Message Reaction Removed

Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.

TriggerInstant

Reaction Added Trigger

DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.

TriggerInstant

Reaction Removed Trigger

DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message.

TriggerInstant

New Bot Message Received Trigger

DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_RECEIVED` with `is_bot_message=true` instead. Triggered when a new bot message is posted to a Slack channel.

TriggerInstant

Trigger Types

Four ways to start an automation.

A trigger is the event that kicks a workflow off. Notis supports four kinds: an event in a connected app, an inbound webhook, a recurring schedule, and soon, your own database.

Integration triggers

Fire when something happens inside a connected app. New Notion page, Stripe charge, Linear issue: any of 1,000+ apps can start a workflow.

New Notion pageStripe chargeCalendar event

Webhook triggers

A unique URL per workflow. Anything that can send an HTTP POST can start an automation, including no-code tools that speak webhooks.

Any HTTP POSTCustom backendIoT event

Works with

ZapierPipedream

Most used

Recurring triggers

Cron-style schedules run a workflow on the clock. Daily standups, hourly syncs, business-hours-only digests: the workhorse of Notis.

Daily · 8:00HourlyWeekdays only

Coming soon

Database triggers

Watch a row, query, or threshold in your own database and fire the moment the data changes. Row inserted, value crosses a limit, query starts matching.

Row insertedValue > limitQuery match

Why AI automation

Classic automation breaks. AI adapts.

Same triggers and actions, smarter middle. AI handles the fuzziness that breaks traditional Zapier-style workflows the moment a field gets renamed.

Classic automationAI automation

Cost

$ · pay per run

$$ · AI models per run

Reliability

Breaks on schema change

Adapts to format changes

Setup

Click 8 dropdowns

Describe it in English

Handles fuzzy

Hard-coded fields only

Reads intent, summarises

Human in loop

Bolted on

Built in · approval inbox

Maintenance

You own every break

Self-heals · we own it

Ease of use

Describe it. Notis builds it.

Skip the visual builder. Tell Notis what you want, in plain English. It writes the workflow, you review and deploy.

You · in the Notis Builder

NEW

“When a row gets added to the Q4 OKRs Notion database and the status is Blocked, send a Telegram message to the owner with a summary of what's blocking, and ping me if there's no reply within 24 hours.”

Notis built this automation:

TriggerRow added to "Q4 OKRs"

Condition✦Status = "Blocked"

AI step✦Summarise the blocker in plain English

ActionDM the row owner with summary

Timeout✦No reply in 24h → ping you

Observability

Watch every run.

Notis Desktop is Mission Control for your AI automations. See every run, replay, edit, or rewind. Set approval gates so Notis pauses before destructive actions.