Check an opted-in community contact name
Give community operations one clear path for a requested lookup, with the person's opt-in as a prerequisite.
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
Gender From First Name
Tool to determine the gender of a first name. Use when you need to identify gender based on a given name.
Why this helps
Community follow-up can collect too many small research tasks without a reliable way to close each one.
- Creates a focused path for one eligible contact.
- Keeps opt-in as a precondition to processing.
- Returns a result for review rather than automatic segmentation.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Gender API to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Write one plain-language instruction to look up first names only when a community contact's opt-in is recorded and the request is explicit.
- 3Select Channel Message Received as the trigger.
- 4Choose a run-report channel and test with one eligible community contact.
Questions about this workflow
Can the result be used to assign community members to groups?
Do not automatically segment people using an inferred sensitive attribute. Review the result only for a clearly stated, appropriate purpose.
What if no opt-in is recorded?
The instruction should skip the lookup.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Gender api. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Gender api actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Country of Origin
Tool to retrieve a name's likely countries of origin. Use after confirming the name identifier.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get Gender API Statistics
Tool to retrieve account statistics from Gender-API, including remaining credits and usage details. Use when you need to check your credit balance before performing further gender lookups.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Query Gender by Email Address
Tool to determine gender from an email address. Use when you need the likely gender based on an email.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Gender From First Name
Tool to determine the gender of a first name. Use when you need to identify gender based on a given name.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Query Gender by Full Name
Tool to determine gender by splitting a full name. Use when you have an exact full name string and want to infer gender. Slightly less reliable for rare or ambiguous names.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
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 Gender api, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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