Comments to Actionable Tasks
When a collaborator comments on your Google Doc or Sheet, Notis instantly captures it as a task in your Notion database. No more hunting through comment threads to find what you committed to.
Trigger
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Action
Insert row database
Creates a new page (row) in a specified notion database.
Why this helps
Comments on Google Docs and Sheets get buried in threads and easily forgotten. As a founder managing multiple projects and collaborators, you can't afford to miss action items hidden in comment sections. You end up re-reading documents or asking team members to repeat themselves.
- Never miss a requested action or deadline mentioned in comments
- Reduce time searching through comment threads for follow-up items
- Centralize all action items from across your Google workspace into one Notion database
- Keep your team aligned by making request visibility automatic
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect your Google Drive and Notion accounts to Notis (one-time setup in the portal).
- 2Go to Automations in the Notis portal and create a new automation with the prompt: 'When a comment is added to my Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides, create a task row in my Notion task database with the comment text as the task name and today's date as the due date.'
- 3Select 'Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)' as the trigger.
- 4Pick your preferred channel for run reports (email, Slack, or in-portal notifications).
- 5Test by adding a comment to a Google Doc and verify the task appears in your Notion database within seconds.
Questions about this workflow
Will this capture comments from all my Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides or just specific ones?
By default, Notis captures comments from all files in your connected Google Drive. You can refine this in your automation prompt, e.g., 'only from documents tagged with [Project Name]' if you want to be more selective.
What if a comment doesn't clearly describe a task?
Notis will still create the task entry with the full comment text. You can edit or delete tasks in Notion afterward, or refine your automation prompt to ask Notis to extract only comments that contain action words like 'please', 'todo', or 'review'.
Can I customize which Notion database this creates tasks in?
Yes. In your automation prompt, specify the exact Notion database where you want tasks created, e.g., 'create a task row in my [Project Name] Tasks database.' Notis will route all captured comments there.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Notion. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive triggers
Notion actions
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Add multiple content blocks (bulk, user-friendly)
Efficiently adds multiple standard content blocks to a notion page in a single api call with automatic markdown parsing. the 'content' field in notionrichtext blocks now automatically detects and parses markdown formatting including headers (# ## ###), bold (**text**), italic (*text*), strikethrough (~~text~~), inline code (`code`), links ([text](url)), and more. ideal for bulk content creation, ai agents, and replacing multiple individual add page content calls. supports automatic text formatting, content splitting, and up to 100 blocks per request.
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
Add content to Notion page
Deprecated: appends a single content block to a notion page or a parent block (must be page, toggle, to-do, bulleted/numbered list, callout, or quote); invoke repeatedly to add multiple blocks.
File Deleted or Trashed
Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.
Append complex blocks (advanced, full control)
Appends complex blocks with full notion block structure to a parent block or page. use for advanced scenarios requiring precise control: code blocks, tables, embeds, nested children within blocks, or when working with pre-built notion block objects. requires full notion api block schema - use add multiple page content for simpler content creation.
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.
Archive Notion Page
Archives (moves to trash) or unarchives (restores from trash) a specified notion page.
File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
Create comment
Adds a comment to a notion page (via `parent page id`) or to an existing discussion thread (via `discussion id`); cannot create new discussion threads on specific blocks (inline comments).
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
Create Notion Database
Creates a new notion database as a subpage under a specified parent page with a defined properties schema; use this action exclusively for creating new databases.
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``.
Create Notion page
Creates a new empty page in a notion workspace.
Delete a block
Archives a notion block, page, or database using its id, which sets its 'archived' property to true (like moving to "trash" in the ui) and allows it to be restored later.
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