Triage breaking news requests quickly
When something changes, ask once and get the freshest available headlines.
Trigger
New WhatsApp Message Received
Polling trigger that monitors for new messages received in TimelinesAI WhatsApp chats.
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
Urgent news questions create stressful, unstructured searches.
- Shortens response time
- Separates urgent research from routine work
- Provides a current starting point
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Timelinesai and Currents api in Notis.
- 2Create an automation named Breaking news triage.
- 3Tell Notis to treat urgent WhatsApp requests as a latest-news lookup and summarize what is available.
- 4Pick New WhatsApp Message Received as the trigger and select a report channel.
- 5Test with one urgent news question.
Questions about this workflow
Does this guarantee breaking news coverage?
No. It retrieves the latest articles available through Currents api at run time.
Can the response flag limited coverage?
Yes. Ask Notis to state when few or no relevant articles are returned.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Timelinesai to Currents api. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Timelinesai triggers
Currents api actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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.
New WhatsApp Message Received
Polling trigger that monitors for new messages received in TimelinesAI WhatsApp chats.
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.
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.
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Timelinesai and Currents api, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
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