Connect Slackbot to Dovetail
When something happens in Slackbot, Notis takes the next step in Dovetail. 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 Dovetail
Search Dovetail from every Slack channel question
Turn channel questions into focused Dovetail searches so useful research context is easy to retrieve.
Save Slack DM research summaries as Dovetail insights
Convert a useful research summary shared in a Slack DM into a stored Dovetail insight.
Capture Slack feedback as Dovetail data points
Turn customer or user feedback posted in a Slack channel into classified Dovetail data points.
Create a Dovetail topic from a Slack research reaction
Use a reaction on a Slack message to signal that a new Dovetail topic should be created.
Turn interview discussion into a Dovetail insight
Synthesize an interview discussion in Slack and store the resulting conclusion as a Dovetail insight.
Create a matching Dovetail channel for a new Slack channel
When a research Slack channel is created, create a corresponding Dovetail channel for organized evidence.
Answer data requests from Slack with Dovetail records
Respond to channel requests by listing relevant Dovetail data with the requested filtering or sorting.
Fetch Dovetail notes from a Slack DM request
Retrieve relevant Dovetail notes when a teammate privately asks for research context.
Surface Dovetail highlights for a Slack discussion
Find relevant Dovetail highlights when a team discussion needs supporting user evidence.
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slackbot to Dovetail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slackbot triggers
Dovetail actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Channel
Tool to create a new channel in dovetail. use after confirming channel details.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Contact
Tool to create a new contact in dovetail. use when you need to register a contact before logging interactions.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Create Data Point
Tool to create a data point within a channel. use after capturing new content to record and classify it in dovetail.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Create Insight
Tool to create a new insight in dovetail. use after synthesizing findings when ready to store them. example: "create insight 'q1 user trends' with body '...' for project 'proj 123'."
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Create Topic
Tool to create a new topic in a channel. use after confirming channel id, title, and optional description.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Delete Channel
Tool to delete an existing channel. use when you need to remove a channel and move it to the project's trash (restorable for 30 days). confirm the channel id before calling.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Delete Topic
Tool to delete an existing topic. use when you have confirmed the topic id and want to move it to trash (restorable for 30 days). example: "delete topic with id 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000."
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Get Note
Tool to retrieve details of a specific note. use when you have confirmed the note id and need full note metadata from dovetail.
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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