Never Miss a Google Drive Change
Micro-changes to your Drive accumulate invisibly. Notis alerts Slack to every change, from file edits to permission updates, giving you a complete picture of what is happening.
Trigger
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
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 situational awareness when changes happen silently across files and folders. Real-time visibility reduces anxiety and improves collaboration.
- Get real-time visibility into all Google Drive changes
- Catch unexpected modifications or deletions immediately
- Improve team awareness of file activity
- Reduce anxiety by knowing what is changing
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Slack to Notis (one-time setup).
- 2Ask Notis 'Alert me in Slack whenever anything changes in my Google Drive' or use the portal.
- 3Choose your Slack notification channel and name your automation.
- 4Test by modifying, sharing, or creating a file in Google Drive and watch alerts appear in Slack.
- 5Optionally filter the types of changes you want to see (e.g., 'Only notify for file deletions and shares, not edits').
Questions about this workflow
Will I get alerts for every single change or just major ones?
By default, Notis alerts you to all meaningful changes. You can filter to focus on specific event types by updating your automation prompt.
Is this different from the file update trigger?
Yes. The file update trigger alerts on edits to file content. The Google Drive changes trigger catches all types of activity including shares, moves, and deletions.
Can I limit alerts to specific folders?
Yes. Describe the scope in your automation prompt, like 'Only notify for changes in my Client and Project folders.'
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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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