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Check Agility page details from Slack

Get page structure answers without opening another tool or losing the thread.

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

Get Page

Tool to retrieve details of a page, including metadata, content zones, and components. use after you know the page id to fetch.

Why this helps

Page questions are easy to postpone when the person with CMS access is busy or unavailable.

  • Answer page questions quickly
  • Expose current page structure
  • Keep work moving across teams

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Slackbot and Agility cms in Notis once.
  • 2Create an automation named DM page detail check.
  • 3Tell Notis to fetch the requested Agility page and summarize its metadata, zones, and components.
  • 4Pick Direct Message Received as the trigger.
  • 5Choose where reports go and test with one real page question.

Questions about this workflow

What if the page id is missing?

Ask the sender to provide it or include an instruction for resolving it from the message context.

Can it publish the page?

No. The available action retrieves page details only.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Slackbot to Agility cms. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Slackbot triggers

Agility cms actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Get Authors

Tool to retrieve all authors from an agility cms instance. use when you need the full list of authors for display or processing.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Get Categories

Tool to get all categories. use when you need to list every category in a given locale.

ActionInstant

New Channel Created Trigger

Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.

TriggerInstant

Get Content Item

Tool to fetch details of a content item by content id. use when you need item fields and metadata from agility cms.

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 Content List

Tool to retrieve a list of content items by reference name. use when you need to fetch and page through content list data with optional filtering, sorting, and link expansions.

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 Content Models

Tool to retrieve content models and page modules. use when you need schema definitions to dynamically build content structures.

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 Logs

Tool to retrieve sync items (logs) from agility cms. use after initial full sync to fetch updates.

ActionInstant

Message Reaction Removed

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

TriggerInstant

Get Page

Tool to retrieve details of a page, including metadata, content zones, and components. use after you know the page id to fetch.

ActionInstant

Reaction Added Trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Get Page Modules

Tool to retrieve all page modules defined in the agility instance. use when you need only modular definitions without content models.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Slackbot and Agility cms, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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