Answer Airtable table questions from Slack
Keep data structure questions moving while the team stays in one conversation.
Trigger
New Message Received Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_RECEIVED` instead. Triggered when a new message is posted to a Slack channel.
Action
List Airtable Tables
Tool to list all airtable tables for a given base. use when you need to retrieve table names before interacting with a table.
Why this helps
People ask where data lives, then wait for someone to search Airtable manually.
- Reduce repeated lookups
- Make existing structure visible
- Keep answers near the request
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slackbot and Api labz once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation for incoming Airtable inventory requests.
- 3Tell Notis to identify the requested base, call List Airtable Tables, and summarize the result.
- 4Pick New Message Received and choose where reports go.
- 5Test with one real message.
Questions about this workflow
Is this deprecated Slack event still usable?
This package uses the listed New Message Received event id exactly as provided.
What if the message is unrelated?
Tell Notis to ignore messages that do not request Airtable table information.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
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List Airtable Tables
Tool to list all airtable tables for a given base. use when you need to retrieve table names before interacting with a table.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
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Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
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