Daily Batch Processing: Turn Yesterday's Files into Today's Issues
Neurodivergent brains work better with batches than constant interruptions. Set a time each morning, and Notis converts all yesterday's new files into Linear issues in one go.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Why this helps
Real-time automation creates constant interruptions and decision fatigue. Neurodivergent teams need predictable batch windows where work surfaces all at once so they can process it in one focused session.
- Predictable processing window reduces distraction
- One decision moment per day instead of constant notifications
- Easier for teams to stay focused
- Less context-switching throughout the day
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Linear to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis 'Every morning at 9am, create Linear issues for all files added to Google Drive yesterday' or schedule it in the portal.
- 3Describe what to do: 'Create an issue for each file, use the filename as the title, and note that it's from yesterday's batch.'
- 4Select a recurring schedule (daily at your preferred time).
- 5Choose your notification channel and test the first run.
Questions about this workflow
Can I change the time the batch runs?
Yes, absolutely. Tell Notis 'Move the batch to 8am' or 'Run it every Monday at 10am' and it will adjust the schedule.
What if no files were created yesterday?
Notis will run on schedule but create no issues. Some days won't generate work, and that's fine. This prevents alert fatigue.
Can I change what counts as 'yesterday' or look back further?
Yes. Tell Notis 'Look back 3 days instead' or 'Include files from the entire week' and it will scan a wider window.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Linear. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive triggers
Linear actions
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Create linear attachment
Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing linear issue.
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
Create a comment
Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.
File Deleted or Trashed
Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
File Shared (Permissions Added)
Triggers when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder. Uses Drive's `changes.list` endpoint with inline `permissions` in the `fields` mask so each change carries the file's current permission set provider-atomically. We diff that against `seen_permission_keys` to identify newly added grants. Drive page tokens are the primary cursor; if Drive rejects a stored token, the trigger raises `PollingTriggerError` without clearing state rather than silently re-baselining and dropping events. Limitation: truly ephemeral permissions (added and revoked between two polls without any other file modification in between) are not detected. Drive Activity API would catch those but requires an additional OAuth scope and a different payload contract.
Get create issue default params
Fetches a linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.
File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
Create a label
Creates a new label in linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
Delete issue
Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.
New File Matching Query
Triggers when a new Google Drive file matches a provided query. This is the legacy query-centric trigger: it preserves Drive API query config such as ``corpora`` / ``driveId`` aliases and emits the historical ``file_matching_query`` event type. ``FileCreatedTrigger`` covers the broader "new file" case and emits ``file_created``.
Get all teams
Retrieves all teams from the linear workspace without requiring any parameters.
Download issue attachments
Downloads a specific attachment from a linear issue; the `file name` must include the correct file extension.
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