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Start an industry scan when a channel is created

Give every new initiative a current view of its market from day one.

Trigger

New Channel Created Trigger

Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.

Action

List Latest News

Tool to retrieve the latest news articles from Currents News API. Use when you need a real-time feed of recent articles.

Why this helps

New project channels often begin without shared context about the market or topic.

  • Speed up project kickoff
  • Create shared context early
  • Make market research repeatable

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Slackbot and Currents api once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation named New channel industry scan.
  • 3Describe the outcome in one instruction, including how to use the channel purpose as the research scope.
  • 4Pick New Channel Created as the trigger and choose the run report channel.
  • 5Test by creating one real channel with a clear purpose.

Questions about this workflow

Where does the topic come from?

Your instruction can tell Notis to use the new channel name or purpose, or to report when that context is missing.

Does this post directly into the channel?

Run reports go to the destination you choose during setup.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Slackbot triggers

Currents api actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

List Latest News

Tool to retrieve the latest news articles from Currents News API. Use when you need a real-time feed of recent articles.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Activities Watch

Tool to start a notification channel to watch activities for a specified user and application. Use when needing to receive push notifications for user activity; call after OAuth credentials and webhook endpoint are set up.

ActionInstant

New Channel Created Trigger

Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.

TriggerInstant

Get Entity Usage Reports

Tool to retrieve usage statistics for a specific Google Workspace entity. Use when you need to analyze entity usage on a particular date.

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

List Users

Tool to list users in a Google Workspace domain. Note: - When the provided base_url points to Currents News API (api.currentsapi.services), this action will gracefully fall back to listing latest news articles to ensure a valid response, since the Currents News API does not expose a users endpoint. - When the base_url points to Google Admin Directory API, it will list users from the domain/customer specified.

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 User Usage Report

Tool to retrieve the usage report for a specified user on a given date. Use after confirming the userKey and date. Use when detailed usage metrics are needed for auditing or monitoring.

ActionInstant

Message Reaction Added

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

TriggerInstant

Message Reaction Removed

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

TriggerInstant

Reaction Added Trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Slackbot and Currents api, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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