Automate weekly team channel invitations
Stop manually inviting the same people to weekly syncs. Notis pulls your team list from Airtable and automatically invites them to the sync channel every week, so nobody misses the meeting.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Invite users to a Slack channel
Invites users to an existing slack channel using their valid slack user ids.
Why this helps
You manually invite or ping team members for weekly meetings, which is repetitive friction that still leaves people confused about timing or feeling left out.
- Eliminate repetitive manual invitations
- Ensure consistent meeting participation every week
- Reduce the overhead of managing team calendar logistics
- Keep team members organized around a clear, recurring ritual
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Airtable and Slack to Notis (one-time).
- 2Create an automation: 'Every Monday morning at 8am, invite the team members from [Airtable table] to [Slack sync channel].'
- 3Set the schedule (e.g., every Monday, Wednesday, etc.) and time.
- 4Specify which Slack channel receives the invitations.
- 5Run it for two weeks and adjust the time based on when your team is most likely to see the invite.
Questions about this workflow
What if a team member is no longer active?
Mark them as inactive in your Airtable team list, and Notis will skip them in future invitations.
Can I invite people to multiple channels with one automation?
Create separate automations for each channel, or ask Notis to invite everyone to multiple channels in one automation.
Does this notify people who are already in the channel?
Notis checks membership first, so it only invites people not already in the channel, avoiding duplicate notifications.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Airtable to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Airtable triggers
Slack actions
Base Metadata Changed
Triggers when an existing Airtable base changes its name or permission level.
Set snooze duration
Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.
Base Schema Changed
Triggers when tables, fields, or views change in an Airtable base.
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.
User Profile Changed
Triggers when the connected Airtable user's profile information changes.
Add an emoji alias
Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.
View Created
Triggers when a new view is created in an Airtable base.
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.
View Deleted
Triggers when a previously known Airtable view is deleted.
Add a star to an item
Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.
View Metadata Changed
Triggers when an Airtable view changes its name or type.
Add call participants
Registers new participants added to a slack call.
Add emoji
Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.
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.
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