Create Dovetail contacts from YouTube subscriptions
Keep important channel sources visible in your research workspace.
Trigger
New YouTube Channel Subscription
Triggers when a new channel is subscribed.
Action
Create Contact
Tool to create a new contact in dovetail. use when you need to register a contact before logging interactions.
Why this helps
Subscribed channels are valuable sources, but source details are scattered across browser tabs and notes.
- Maintains a source directory
- Reduces manual contact entry
- Makes follow-up research easier
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect YouTube and Dovetail in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named Subscription source contact.
- 3Tell Notis to create a Dovetail contact using the subscribed channel details and add a note that it came from YouTube.
- 4Pick New YouTube Channel Subscription as the trigger and choose a report channel.
- 5Test with one recent subscription.
Questions about this workflow
Is a channel always a person?
No. Instruct Notis to use the channel organization as the contact when no individual owner is available.
Can it check for an existing contact?
Yes. Ask Notis to search contacts before creating one.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Youtube to Dovetail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Youtube 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 YouTube Activity
Triggers when a new activity is detected on a YouTube channel.
Create Data Point
Tool to create a data point within a channel. use after capturing new content to record and classify it in dovetail.
New Item in YouTube Playlist
Triggers when a new item is added to a YouTube playlist.
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'."
New Playlist in YouTube Channel
Triggers when a new playlist is added to a YouTube channel.
Create Topic
Tool to create a new topic in a channel. use after confirming channel id, title, and optional description.
New YouTube Channel Subscription
Triggers when a new channel is subscribed.
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.
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."
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Youtube and Dovetail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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