Keep Slack decisions beside the Airtable record they affect
Bring the reasoning from the conversation closer to the record your team uses.
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
Create Comment
Creates a new comment on a specific record within an airtable base and table.
Why this helps
Airtable records can lose important context when decisions stay buried in Slack.
- Preserve decision context with the relevant record.
- Make important updates easier to find during later review.
- Reduce searching across Slack and Airtable to reconstruct why a record changed.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slackbot and Airtable once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation named Slack Decision Record Comments.
- 3In one instruction, tell Notis how to identify the relevant existing Airtable record from a Slack message and add a concise comment with the decision and message context.
- 4Pick the Slack Channel Message Received trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real channel message tied clearly to an existing Airtable record.
Questions about this workflow
What if the Slack message does not identify an Airtable record?
Tell Notis to add a comment only when it can identify the intended existing record. If the reference is unclear, it should report that instead of guessing.
Does this edit the Airtable record fields?
No. It adds a comment to a specific existing record. Use an update action if you want specified record fields changed.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slackbot to Airtable. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slackbot triggers
Airtable actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create base
Creates a new airtable base with specified tables and fields within a workspace; ensure field options are valid for their type.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Comment
Creates a new comment on a specific record within an airtable base and table.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Create Field
Creates a new field within a specified table in an airtable base.
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 multiple records
Creates multiple new records in a specified airtable table.
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 a record
Creates a new record in a specified airtable table; field values must conform to the table's column types.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Create table
Creates a new table within a specified existing airtable base, allowing definition of its name, description, and field structure.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Delete Comment
Deletes an existing comment from a specified record in an airtable table.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Delete multiple records
Deletes up to 10 specified records from a table within an airtable base.
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