Start Each Day With a Google Drive Summary
Checking files one by one wastes cognitive energy. Notis sends a consolidated daily digest to Slack, so you see what changed and who is collaborating, all in one place.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Post message to channel
Deprecated: posts a message to a slack channel, direct message, or private channel. use `send message` instead.
Why this helps
Neurodivergent founders lose track of Google Drive activity and waste mental energy checking multiple files and folders. A centralized daily summary reduces cognitive load and eliminates repetitive checking.
- Consolidate all Drive activity in one Slack message
- Reduce the cognitive load of checking files individually
- Start each day informed about what changed
- Lower the urge to check compulsively throughout the day
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Slack to Notis (one-time setup).
- 2Ask Notis 'Send me a daily summary of Google Drive activity in Slack each morning at 9am' or create the automation in the portal.
- 3Choose your Slack channel, set the time for delivery, and name your automation.
- 4Test by running the automation manually to see the format of your daily digest.
- 5Adjust the summary details if needed (e.g., 'Include all files changed, new shares, and comments added') and set your preferred time.
Questions about this workflow
Can I change when the digest is delivered?
Yes. Tell Notis your preferred time in the automation prompt, like 'Send the digest at 8am on weekdays' or 'Every Sunday at 6pm.'
What information does the digest include?
By default: new files created, files updated, files shared, comments added, and files deleted. You can customize it to include or exclude specific activities.
Will I still get real-time alerts for urgent changes?
The digest is separate. If you want real-time alerts for specific events, you can set up additional automations alongside your daily digest.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive triggers
Slack actions
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Set snooze duration
Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
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.
File Deleted or Trashed
Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.
Add an emoji alias
Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.
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.
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.
File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
Add a star to an item
Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
Add call participants
Registers new participants added to a slack call.
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``.
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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