Turn Google Drive Comments Into Instant Slack Alerts
Stop checking your docs every five minutes for feedback. Notis sends every new comment straight to Slack, so feedback reaches you in the flow of your work.
Trigger
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
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 often struggle with context switching and forgetting to check for feedback on documents. Without automatic notifications, you risk missing critical comments, delaying decisions, and breaking flow.
- Catch feedback instantly without app-switching
- Stop losing track of comments across documents
- Keep your team in sync with real-time visibility
- Reduce context-switching drag on your day
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect your Google Drive and Slack accounts to Notis in the portal (one-time setup).
- 2Ask Notis 'When someone comments on my Google Docs, post it to my Slack' or open Automations and create a new one.
- 3Set the trigger to 'Comment Added' and pick the Slack channel where you want alerts.
- 4Name the automation (e.g. 'Doc feedback to Slack') and test by adding a comment to one of your docs.
- 5Notis posts the comment to your channel, and you are done.
Questions about this workflow
Will I get notifications for every single comment, or can I filter?
Notis will notify you for every new comment. If you want to exclude certain files or folders, tell Notis in your automation prompt and it will apply that logic.
Does this work for Sheets and Slides too?
Yes. This automation watches Docs, Sheets, and Slides for new comments and sends all of them to Slack.
Can I customize the Slack message format?
Absolutely. Describe the format you want in your automation prompt. For example: 'Include the commenter name, the document link, and the comment text' and Notis will format accordingly.
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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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