Connect Slackbot to Databricks
When something happens in Slackbot, Notis takes the next step in Databricks. Describe what you want in plain English, or start from one of the examples below.
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Ways Notis can move work from Slackbot to Databricks
Turn channel questions into catalog context checks
When a Slack channel question mentions a data catalog, retrieve the relevant Databricks catalog details and summarize the context for the team.
Check effective Databricks permissions from a Slack DM
When a teammate DMs a permission question, retrieve effective Unity Catalog permissions and return a clear access summary.
Use an approval reaction to update catalog grants
When an approved Slack reaction is added, update Unity Catalog grants for the requested securable and report the result.
Create a Databricks app for a new project channel
When a new Slack channel is created for a project, create a Databricks app with a useful name and configuration based on the channel context.
Deploy a Databricks app from a channel launch request
When a Slack channel posts a launch request with a workspace path, deploy the Databricks app and report deployment status.
Return Databricks app health details in a Slack DM
When someone asks in a DM, retrieve Databricks app details and summarize deployment, compute, and state information.
Start a stopped Databricks app after a Slack approval reaction
When an approved reaction is added to a restart request, start the last active Databricks app deployment and report the outcome.
Stop an idle Databricks app from a Slack channel request
When a channel requests shutdown of a named app, stop the active Databricks deployment and report the result.
Update Databricks app settings from a Slack DM
When a teammate DMs a configuration request, apply the specified partial Databricks app update and summarize changed settings.
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slackbot to Databricks. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slackbot triggers
Databricks actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add Member to Security Group
Tool to add a user or group as a member to a Databricks security group. Use when you need to grant group membership for access control.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Delete Custom LLM Agent
Tool to delete a Custom LLM agent created through Agent Bricks. Use when you need to remove a custom LLM and all associated data. This operation is irreversible and deletes all data including temporary transformations, model checkpoints, and internal metadata.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Create Databricks App
Tool to create a new Databricks app with specified configuration. Use when you need to create apps hosted on Databricks serverless platform to deploy secure data and AI applications. The app name must be unique within the workspace, contain only lowercase alphanumeric characters and hyphens, and cannot be changed after creation.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Delete Databricks App
Tool to delete a Databricks app from the workspace. Use when you need to remove an app and its associated service principal. When an app is deleted, Databricks automatically deletes the provisioned service principal.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Deploy Databricks App
Tool to create a deployment for a Databricks app. Use when you need to deploy an app with source code from a workspace path. The deployment process provisions compute resources and uploads the source code. Deployments can be in states: IN_PROGRESS, SUCCEEDED, FAILED, or CANCELLED.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get Databricks App Details
Tool to retrieve details about a specific Databricks app by name. Use when you need to get comprehensive information about an app including configuration, deployment status, compute resources, and metadata.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get Databricks App Permission Levels
Tool to retrieve available permission levels for a Databricks app. Use when you need to understand what permission levels can be assigned to users or groups for a specific app. Returns permission levels like CAN_USE and CAN_MANAGE with their descriptions.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Get Databricks App Permissions
Tool to retrieve permissions for a Databricks app. Use when you need to check who has access to an app and their permission levels. Returns the access control list including inherited permissions from parent or root objects.
Four ways to start an automation.
A trigger is the event that kicks a workflow off. Notis supports four kinds: an event in a connected app, an inbound webhook, a recurring schedule, and soon, your own database.
Integration triggers
Fire when something happens inside a connected app. New Notion page, Stripe charge, Linear issue: any of 1,000+ apps can start a workflow.
Webhook triggers
A unique URL per workflow. Anything that can send an HTTP POST can start an automation, including no-code tools that speak webhooks.
Recurring triggers
Cron-style schedules run a workflow on the clock. Daily standups, hourly syncs, business-hours-only digests: the workhorse of Notis.
Database triggers
Watch a row, query, or threshold in your own database and fire the moment the data changes. Row inserted, value crosses a limit, query starts matching.
Classic automation breaks. AI adapts.
Same triggers and actions, smarter middle. AI handles the fuzziness that breaks traditional Zapier-style workflows the moment a field gets renamed.
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AI in the middle
Every step can include an LLM call: summarise, classify, extract, rewrite.
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Every run, every step, every input, all replay-able from Mission Control.
Human in the loop
Pause for approval. Notis pings you in chat with one-tap approve.
Self-healing
When an API changes shape, Notis adapts the parser. Less midnight fire-fighting.
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