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Connect Slack to Giphy

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

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Examples

Ways Notis can move work from Slack to Giphy

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Find a GIF for a Slack blocker

When a teammate posts a blocker in a Slack channel, search Giphy for a GIF that fits the situation and gives the team an easy way to acknowledge it.

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Visualize a Slack DM phrase

When a Slack DM contains a phrase worth acknowledging, translate that phrase into a Giphy sticker for a quick visual response option.

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Explore celebration GIF variations

When a teammate adds a celebration reaction in Slack, fetch variations of a known celebration GIF so the team has more ways to mark the moment.

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Search stickers for team milestones

When a Slack channel message announces a milestone, search Giphy stickers for a visual that fits the achievement.

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Get a quick mood GIF for a DM

When a Slack DM signals a need for a light, supportive response, fetch a random GIF filtered by a suitable tag.

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Get tag suggestions for a Slack message

Use a Slack channel message to request related Giphy tags, making it easier to search with a more precise visual idea.

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Look up a GIF behind a Slack reaction

When a message reaction signals a GIF worth reusing, retrieve the metadata for its known Giphy ID and keep the reference handy.

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Expand GIF ideas from a channel topic

When a channel message has a clear topic, use Giphy's related tags to broaden a search without starting over.

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Browse Giphy categories for a new channel

When a Slack channel is created, fetch Giphy categories to help the team choose a starting point for its shared visual style.

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Slack triggers

Giphy actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Giphy Analytics Register

Tool to register user interactions (view, click, send) with a GIF for analytics. Use when you have the analytics payload, timestamp, and user ID to record the event.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Emoji Variations

Tool to fetch variations for a specific emoji. Use when you have an emoji's GIF ID and want its variations.

ActionInstant

New Channel Created Trigger

Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.

TriggerInstant

Get GIF by ID

Tool to fetch GIF metadata by its unique ID. Use when you have a valid GIF ID to retrieve metadata.

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

Get GIFs by IDs

Tool to fetch metadata for multiple GIFs by their IDs. Use when you need information on up to 100 known GIF IDs.

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

Get Sticker by ID

Tool to fetch sticker metadata by its unique ID. Use when you have a valid sticker ID to retrieve metadata.

ActionInstant

Message Reaction Added

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

TriggerInstant

Get Stickers by IDs

Tool to fetch metadata for multiple stickers by their IDs. Use when you need information on up to 100 known sticker IDs.

ActionInstant

Message Reaction Removed

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

TriggerInstant

GIPHY Categories

Tool to fetch a list of GIF categories on GIPHY. Use when you need to browse available categories before selecting one.

ActionInstant

Reaction Added Trigger

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

TriggerInstant

GIPHY: Get Category by ID

Tool to fetch metadata for a GIF category by its unique ID. Use when you need details for a specific category identifier.

ActionInstant
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.

Notis

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.

  • Full run history with inputs, outputs and traces
  • Replay any run with edited inputs
  • Approval inbox, confirm via chat in one tap
  • Audit logs for compliance teams

Automations

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Migrate background jobs to a durable queue You can cancel it through Stripe

3 days

Notis v3 release update This one’s v3: Notis Manager (desktop app with …

8 days

Add multi-tenant RBAC User initiates a voice call

13 days

Draft pricing v (tiers, limits, overages) and sanity-check margins

2 weeks

Verify analytics events for new features That’s a really interesting automat…

1 month

Everything in the box.

Whatever starts the workflow, the platform underneath is the same: a thinking brain, full visibility, and you in control.

AI in the middle

Every step can include an LLM call: summarise, classify, extract, rewrite.

Full observability

Every run, every step, every input, all replay-able from Mission Control.

Human in the loop

Pause for approval. Notis pings you in chat with one-tap approve.

Self-healing

When an API changes shape, Notis adapts the parser. Less midnight fire-fighting.

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