Check for incidents near a planned commute
Add a fast incident check to the commute discussion before committing to a departure plan.
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
Get Traffic Incidents
Tool to fetch real-time traffic incidents within a specified area. Use when you need up-to-date incident data for a geographic region.
Why this helps
Unexpected incidents can disrupt a schedule, while checking multiple sources takes attention away from other work.
- Retrieve current traffic incidents within a specified area.
- Focus the check on the commute under discussion.
- Get travel context without searching a separate traffic app.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Here to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal, or ask Notis to create it conversationally.
- 3Give Notis one instruction to fetch Here traffic incidents when a channel message requests an incident check for a commute area.
- 4Select Slack Channel Message Received and choose where run reports should appear.
- 5Test with a message that specifies a commute area.
Questions about this workflow
Can this check a whole route?
Specify the area or route context for the check. Here retrieves incidents within the specified geographic area.
Is the incident information current?
The action fetches real-time traffic incidents, so request a fresh check when making a travel decision.
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