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Keep your source review note easy to revisit

When a new channel joins your research orbit, keep the team's source review guidance easy to find in Slack.

Trigger

New YouTube Channel Subscription

Triggers when a new channel is subscribed.

Action

Add a star to an item

Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.

Why this helps

Without a convenient review reference, source evaluation can become inconsistent or get deferred indefinitely.

  • Keep evaluation guidance close to new discoveries.
  • Make a shared research habit easier to resume.
  • Lower the friction of source review.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect YouTube and Slack to Notis once through the portal.
  • 2Create an automation or tell Notis to star your source-review note when you subscribe to a channel.
  • 3Use one plain-language instruction to identify the Slack note or message.
  • 4Pick the new YouTube channel subscription trigger and a channel for run reports.
  • 5Test with one actual subscription and verify the reference is starred.

Questions about this workflow

Does this decide whether the channel is valuable?

No. It keeps your Slack review guidance accessible so you can make that decision.

Can this star a message in a private channel?

The message must be accessible to the connected Slack account.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Youtube triggers

Slack actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Set snooze duration

Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Add a custom emoji to a Slack team

Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.

ActionInstant

New YouTube Activity

Triggers when a new activity is detected on a YouTube channel.

TriggerPolling

Add an emoji alias

Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.

ActionInstant

New Item in YouTube Playlist

Triggers when a new item is added to a YouTube playlist.

TriggerPolling

Add a remote file

Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.

ActionInstant

New Playlist in YouTube Channel

Triggers when a new playlist is added to a YouTube channel.

TriggerPolling

Add a star to an item

Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.

ActionInstant

New YouTube Channel Subscription

Triggers when a new channel is subscribed.

TriggerPolling

Add call participants

Registers new participants added to a slack call.

ActionInstant

Add emoji

Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.

ActionInstant

Add reaction to message

Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Youtube and Slack, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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