Daily Drive Digest to Notion
Every morning, Notis compiles a digest of everything that happened in your Google Drive yesterday (new files, updates, shares, deletes) and adds it to your daily log in Notion. You get visibility without constant monitoring.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
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.
Why this helps
You miss important file activity because you're not constantly checking Google Drive. By the time you notice changes, important deadlines or shared files are old news. You end up asking team members to repeat themselves or feel out of the loop.
- Get a daily summary of all Drive activity without manually checking files
- Catch important updates and shared files before they become outdated
- Build accountability by logging all team activity in one searchable location
- Stay informed during busy periods without constant context-switching
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect your Google Drive and Notion accounts to Notis.
- 2Create a new automation with the prompt: 'Every morning at 9am, create a summary of all Google Drive activity from the past 24 hours (new files, updated files, shared files, deleted files) and add it to my Daily Log page in Notion.'
- 3Select 'Cron Schedule' as the trigger and specify the time (e.g., 'daily at 9am').
- 4Choose your notification channel.
- 5Test by manually running the automation and confirming today's digest appears in your Notion log.
Questions about this workflow
Can I customize what counts as activity?
Yes. Your prompt can specify what to include, e.g., 'only log updates to files I created or own, and shared files from external collaborators.'
What if nothing happened in Drive that day?
Notis will still add an entry saying 'No Drive activity today.' This keeps your log complete. You can modify your prompt to skip days with no activity if you prefer.
Can I get digests on a different schedule, like weekly?
Absolutely. Just change your automation prompt to 'every Monday at 9am' for a weekly digest, or 'every Friday afternoon' for a weekly wrap-up.
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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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