Use Slack topics to review Curated categories
Keep your publication taxonomy connected to the topics your team is actually discussing.
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
List Categories
Tool to list all categories for a publication. use after you have the publication id and need to fetch its categories.
Why this helps
Category decisions drift away from current audience questions and team expertise.
- Spot emerging themes
- Reduce category guesswork
- Align editorial structure with real conversations
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slackbot and Curated in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named Channel topic to Curated categories.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to compare a channel discussion with the publication categories and identify fit or gaps.
- 4Pick Slackbot Channel Message Received as the trigger.
- 5Choose a report destination and test with a representative discussion.
Questions about this workflow
Does this create categories?
This workflow uses the Curated category listing action to inform your decision; it does not invent an unavailable category creation action.
What context should I provide?
Name the publication and explain the audience or category policy in the instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slackbot to Curated. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slackbot triggers
Curated actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Draft Issue
Tool to create a draft issue for a publication. use after confirming the publication id. applies default settings if optional fields are omitted.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Collected Link
Tool to create a collected link for a publication. use when you want to add a new link (with url, title, etc.) to a publication's collection.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
List Email Subscribers
Tool to list all email subscribers for a publication. use after confirming the publication id.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
List Publications
Tool to list all publications accessible by the api key. use when you need to retrieve your publication ids for further api calls. example prompt: "list my publications".
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
List Categories
Tool to list all categories for a publication. use after you have the publication id and need to fetch its categories.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
List Issues
Tool to list all issues for a publication. use after you have the publication id and need to fetch its issues (supports pagination).
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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