Send Algolia click insights from Slack reactions
Capture lightweight feedback when your team reacts to a shared search result.
Trigger
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Action
Clicked Object IDs
Tool to send a click event to algolia to capture clicked items. use immediately after a user click outside of search contexts to report click events.
Why this helps
Useful team feedback stays in Slack and never reaches search analytics.
- Capture feedback without extra forms
- Improve search analytics coverage
- Connect team decisions to search data
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slackbot and Algolia in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation that sends a clicked object event for the object referenced by a reacted-to message.
- 3Pick Message Reaction Added as the trigger.
- 4Choose a report destination and test with one real reaction.
Questions about this workflow
Can I limit the reaction type?
Describe the emoji or channel context in the automation instruction when the trigger supports those filters.
What if the message has no object identifier?
Ask Notis to report the missing identifier instead of sending an incomplete event.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slackbot to Algolia. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slackbot triggers
Algolia actions
Recurring trigger
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Clicked Object IDs
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Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
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