Auto-create a shared drive for every new project event
Project launches require coordination across multiple people. Notis creates a new shared drive the moment you schedule the kick-off event, ensuring your team has a ready-made collaboration space.
Trigger
Event Created
Polling trigger that fires when a new calendar event is created. Returns event ID, summary, start/end times, and organizer info.
Action
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
Why this helps
Starting a project involves setting up infrastructure (shared drives, permissions, folders) that takes time and setup steps. If you skip it, collaboration becomes chaotic.
- Teams have a shared collaboration space immediately upon project launch.
- Eliminates manual shared-drive creation as part of project setup.
- Reduces delay between planning and actual team access.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Calendar and Google Drive to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis, 'When I create a project event, create a new shared drive with that project name' or set it up in the portal.
- 3Choose the trigger: 'Event Created' (you can mention specific event names or keywords to trigger this only for certain events).
- 4Select your notification channel.
- 5Test by creating a project event and confirming the shared drive appears.
Questions about this workflow
Can I automatically add team members to the shared drive?
The automation creates the drive. Adding members is a follow-up, but you can mention in the automation to add specific team members or include access instructions in the drive.
What if I accidentally create a duplicate event?
You'll get a duplicate shared drive. You can manually delete it or adjust your automation to only trigger on specific event keywords to avoid repeats.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Calendar to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Calendar triggers
Google Drive actions
Attendee Response Changed
Polling trigger that fires when any attendee's RSVP changes to accepted, declined, or tentative. Returns attendee info and current status.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
Event Canceled or Deleted
Triggers when a Google Calendar event is cancelled or deleted. Returns minimal data: event_id, summary (if available), and cancellation timestamp.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
Event Starting Soon
Triggers when a calendar event is within a configured number of minutes from starting. Returns event details, time remaining, attendees, and join links when available.
Create Comment
Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.
Calendar Event Changes
**SOON TO BE DEPRECATED** - Use Calendar Event Sync (polling trigger) instead. Real-time webhook trigger for calendar event changes. Returns event metadata only. For full event data, use Calendar Event Sync (polling trigger).
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
Event Created
Polling trigger that fires when a new calendar event is created. Returns event ID, summary, start/end times, and organizer info.
Create File or Folder
Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).
Calendar Event Sync
Polling trigger that returns full event data including details, attendees, and metadata. For real-time notifications with basic info, use Calendar Event Changes (webhook).
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Event Updated
Triggers when an existing Google Calendar event is modified. Returns the event ID, change type, and the specific fields that changed with their previous and new values.
Create a folder
Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.
Create Reply
Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
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