Start a photo album with the reaction your team already uses
Mark the right Slack message with your agreed reaction and let Notis create its photo album.
Trigger
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Action
Create Album
Creates a new album in google photos.
Why this helps
Even when a team agrees to collect photos, the album creation step is easy to forget or defer.
- Use a familiar reaction as a clear album-setup signal.
- Avoid copying event details into another app just to start an album.
- Keep album creation tied to the original Slack context.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Google Photos to Notis once.
- 2Create a named automation in the portal for reaction-started albums.
- 3Write one prompt that explains which reaction and message context should create an album.
- 4Select Message Reaction Added and choose a channel for run reports.
- 5Test by adding the agreed reaction to a real event message and check the album.
Questions about this workflow
Can a reaction on any message create an album?
Describe the intended messages and agreed reaction in the prompt, and select the relevant channel when configuring the trigger if available.
Can we use a different reaction?
Yes. Update the plain-language instruction to describe the reaction your team uses.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Googlephotos. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Googlephotos actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add Enrichment
Adds an enrichment at a specified position in a defined album.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Batch Add Media Items
Adds one or more media items to an album in google photos.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Batch Create Media Items
Unified action to upload media files and create them as items in google photos.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Batch Get Media Items
Returns the list of media items for the specified media item identifiers.
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 Album
Creates a new album in google photos.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get Album
Returns the album based on the specified albumid.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Download Photos Media Item
Downloads a media item from google photos and returns it as a file.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
List Albums
Lists all albums shown to a user in the albums tab of google photos.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Googlephotos, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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