Give useful Slack DM ideas a lasting home
Not every idea arrives in a planning meeting. Notis can help save actionable suggestions from DMs into GitLab for later review.
Trigger
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Action
Create Project Issue
Tool to create a new issue in a gitlab project. use when you need to report a bug, request a feature, or track a task within a specific project.
Why this helps
Suggestions arrive in private messages at inconvenient moments and rarely make it into the backlog without deliberate effort.
- Save a suggestion while staying in the conversation.
- Keep ideas available for a future planning session.
- Reduce the burden of maintaining a separate personal capture list.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and GitLab to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal, or ask Notis conversationally to save actionable ideas from Slack DMs as GitLab issues.
- 3Describe in one plain-language instruction what counts as a useful suggestion and how to summarize it for review.
- 4Choose the Slack direct-message trigger and a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with one real suggestion that should be considered later.
Questions about this workflow
Will this treat every DM as an idea?
No. State that Notis should capture only messages with an actionable product or engineering suggestion.
Can the issue remain a proposal?
Ask Notis to frame the issue as an idea for consideration rather than approved work.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Gitlab. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Gitlab actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Archive Project
Tool to archive a project. use when you need to mark a project read-only after finishing active development. call after confirming no further changes are required.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create GitLab Group
Tool to create a new group in gitlab. use when you need to establish a new group for projects or collaboration.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Create Project
Tool to create a new project in gitlab. implements post /projects endpoint.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Create Project Issue
Tool to create a new issue in a gitlab project. use when you need to report a bug, request a feature, or track a task within a specific project.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Create Repository Branch
Tool to create a new branch in a project. use when you need to create a new branch from an existing branch or a specific commit in a gitlab project.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Delete Project
Tool to delete a gitlab project by its id. use when you need to remove a project, either by marking it for later deletion or deleting it immediately.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Download Project Avatar
Tool to download a project’s avatar image. use when you need the raw avatar bytes after confirming the project exists.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Erase Job
Tool to erase the content of a specified job within a project. use when you need to remove job artifacts and logs.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Gitlab, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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