Turn an SOS reaction into incident intake
Let one familiar reaction flag a message for incident tracking.
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 Incident V2
Tool to create a new incident in incident.io using the V2 API. Use when you need to report and track an operational issue or outage. Requires at minimum an idempotency_key and visibility setting. Optionally specify severity, incident type, custom fields, role assignments, and other attributes.
Why this helps
People may agree a message is urgent without anyone taking the extra step to create an incident.
- Provides a low-friction signal to start incident intake.
- Carries the reacted-to message into a concise incident summary.
- Reduces the chance that a flagged issue remains only in chat.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and incident.io to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Tell Notis to create an incident when the agreed SOS reaction is added to a message reporting a live issue.
- 3Select Message Reaction Added, set the agreed emoji filter if available, and choose a channel for run reports.
- 4Test by adding the reaction to an approved example report.
Questions about this workflow
Can any reaction open an incident?
Agree on one reaction and tell Notis to act only on that signal when the message describes a live issue.
Does the incident include the message?
Ask Notis to summarize the message that received the reaction and retain its context when available.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to incident.io. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
incident.io actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Alert Attribute V2
Tool to create an alert attribute in incident.io. Use when you need to define structured data fields that can be parsed from alerts coming in via alert sources. Alert attributes allow you to extract and organize information from incoming alerts.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Alert Route V2
Tool to create an alert route in incident.io. Use when you need to configure how alerts should be processed, routed, and potentially converted into incidents based on conditions, grouping rules, and templates.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Create Alert Source V2
Tool to create a new alert source in incident.io. Use when you need to set up a new integration for receiving alerts from external systems via HTTP webhooks or manual entry.
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 Catalog Entry V2
Tool to create a catalog entry in incident.io. Use when you need to add a new entry to a catalog type with specific attribute values. Catalog entries represent items like teams, services, or custom resources in your incident management workflow.
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 Catalog Entry V3
Tool to create a catalog entry in incident.io using the V3 API. Use when you need to add a new entry to a catalog type with specific attribute values. Catalog entries represent items like teams, services, or custom resources in your incident management workflow.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Create Catalog Type V3
Tool to create a new catalog type in incident.io V3 API. Use when you need to define custom resource types for your organization's catalog, such as teams, services, or infrastructure components.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Create Custom Field Option
Tool to create a new custom field option in incident.io. Use when you need to add a new selectable value to an existing custom field.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Create Custom Field V2
Tool to create a custom field in incident.io using the V2 API. Use when you need to add a new custom field to track additional information during incidents.
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