Start a research crawl from a new Slack channel
Give every new research room a ready source collection.
Trigger
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Action
Start Crawl Job
Tool to spider a site for links and process them with the extract api into a single collection. use when you have seed urls and want to collect structured data across a site. requires a plus plan for crawl api access.
Why this helps
New project channels often begin without a repeatable way to gather source material.
- Kick off source collection at project start
- Gather linked pages into one crawl job
- Reduce manual copying of seed URLs
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slackbot and Diffbot in Notis.
- 2Create an automation for research channel creation.
- 3Describe that Notis should read the initial channel context, identify a supplied seed URL, and start a Diffbot Crawl Job.
- 4Pick New Channel Created as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test by creating a dedicated channel with one public seed URL.
Questions about this workflow
What if no seed URL is supplied?
The automation should report that the seed is missing instead of starting an ungrounded crawl.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slackbot to Diffbot. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slackbot triggers
Diffbot actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Diffbot Search
Tool to search data extracted by crawl or bulk jobs using dql queries. use after data extraction jobs complete to retrieve search results.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get Diffbot Account Details
Tool to retrieve account details, including plan information and usage statistics. use after authenticating to verify subscription and daily quota status.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Diffbot Analyze
Tool to automatically determine a page's content type and route it to the appropriate extraction api. use when you have only a url and need diffbot to choose the right extractor.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Get Article Data
Tool to extract information from articles, including authors, publication dates, and images. use when you need structured metadata from a web article url.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Get Discussion Thread
Tool to extract threads of content from forums, comment sections, and review pages. use when you need structured discussion data from web pages after identifying the discussion url.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Diffbot Get Event
Tool to extract event details from web pages. use when you need structured event data such as venue, date, and description.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Diffbot Get Image
Tool to extract detailed information about images, including dimensions and recognition data. use after confirming the image url is publicly accessible.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Diffbot Get Product
Tool to extract product information such as specifications, prices, availability, and reviews. use when you need structured product data including specs, pricing, and reviews.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slackbot and Diffbot, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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