Connect Whatsapp to Affinda

When something happens in Whatsapp, Notis takes the next step in Affinda. Describe what you want in plain English, or start from one of the examples below.

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Examples

Ways Notis can move work from Whatsapp to Affinda

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Parse WhatsApp Documents in Affinda

Send a document in WhatsApp and have Affinda extract its structured data.

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Answer WhatsApp Requests for Affinda Documents

Use a WhatsApp request to retrieve the current list of documents in Affinda.

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Retrieve Affinda Parsing Details from WhatsApp

Use a WhatsApp message with a known document ID to fetch its Affinda details.

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Record an Affinda Validation from a WhatsApp Reply

Use a customer's interactive WhatsApp reply to record a validation outcome for a document.

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Correct Affinda Parsed Data from WhatsApp

Use a WhatsApp correction request to update parsed resume or job description data in Affinda.

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Update Affinda Document Details from WhatsApp

Turn a WhatsApp request into a specific rename, reassignment, expiry, or storage update in Affinda.

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Remove a Confirmed Affinda Document from WhatsApp

Use an explicit WhatsApp request to delete a document after its Affinda ID is confirmed.

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Adjust Affinda Resthook After a WhatsApp Template Status Change

Use a WhatsApp template review status change to update a known Affinda resthook subscription.

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Whatsapp to Affinda. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Whatsapp triggers

Affinda actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Batch Update Annotations

Tool to update multiple annotations in one request. use when you need to modify parsed values or other fields across many annotations at once.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create Collection

Tool to create a new collection. use after you have a valid workspace id and want to group documents by a specific extractor within that workspace.

ActionInstant

Message Status Updated

Triggers when a WhatsApp message status changes. IMPORTANT LIMITATION: WhatsApp Cloud API does not provide a native polling endpoint for message status. Status updates are ONLY delivered via webhooks in real-time. This trigger cannot directly poll the WhatsApp API for status updates. This trigger will return empty results as WhatsApp does not support this operation. To track message status updates, you must: 1. Set up a webhook endpoint to receive status notifications from WhatsApp 2. Store the webhook data in your own database 3. Use a different mechanism to query your stored webhook data For more information, see: - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/webhooks

TriggerPolling

Create Document

Tool to upload a new document for parsing. use when you have the document file or a public url and need to extract structured data immediately.

ActionInstant

New Message Received

Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.

TriggerInstant

Create Organization

Tool to create a new organization. use when you have a unique organization name and want to group resources under it.

ActionInstant

Interactive Reply Received

Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.

TriggerInstant

Create RESTHook Subscription

Tool to create a new resthook subscription. use after confirming your webhook endpoint is ready to receive document event notifications.

ActionInstant

Message Template Status Update

Triggered when the review status of a WhatsApp message template changes — for example approved, rejected, or flagged — on your WhatsApp Business Account.

TriggerInstant

Create Tag

Tool to create a new tag. use when you need to label documents in a specific workspace.

ActionInstant

Create Validation Result

Tool to create a validation result. use when recording validation outcomes for a document after parsing.

ActionInstant

Create Workspace

Tool to create a new workspace. use when you need to programmatically create a workspace container within an organization.

ActionInstant

Trigger Types

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.

New Notion pageStripe chargeCalendar event

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.

Any HTTP POSTCustom backendIoT event

Works with

ZapierPipedream

Most used

Recurring triggers

Cron-style schedules run a workflow on the clock. Daily standups, hourly syncs, business-hours-only digests: the workhorse of Notis.

Daily · 8:00HourlyWeekdays only

Coming soon

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.

Row insertedValue > limitQuery match

Why AI automation

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.

Classic automationAI automation

Cost

$ · pay per run

$$ · AI models per run

Reliability

Breaks on schema change

Adapts to format changes

Setup

Click 8 dropdowns

Describe it in English

Handles fuzzy

Hard-coded fields only

Reads intent, summarises

Human in loop

Bolted on

Built in · approval inbox

Maintenance

You own every break

Self-heals · we own it

Ease of use

Describe it. Notis builds it.

Skip the visual builder. Tell Notis what you want, in plain English. It writes the workflow, you review and deploy.

You · in the Notis Builder

NEW

“When a row gets added to the Q4 OKRs Notion database and the status is Blocked, send a Telegram message to the owner with a summary of what's blocking, and ping me if there's no reply within 24 hours.”

Notis built this automation:

TriggerRow added to "Q4 OKRs"

Condition✦Status = "Blocked"

AI step✦Summarise the blocker in plain English

ActionDM the row owner with summary

Timeout✦No reply in 24h → ping you

Observability

Watch every run.

Notis Desktop is Mission Control for your AI automations. See every run, replay, edit, or rewind. Set approval gates so Notis pauses before destructive actions.