Keep Linear Issues In Sync With Your Google Sheets
Your Google Sheet and Linear tracker should reflect the same reality. When you update a cell in your sheet, Notis instantly updates the linked Linear issue. No more reconciling two versions of the truth.
Trigger
Cell Range Values Changed
Triggers when values in a specified A1 range change in Google Sheets. This trigger monitors a specific cell or range of cells and fires when any values change.
Action
Update issue
Updates an existing linear issue using its `issue id`; requires at least one other attribute for modification, and all provided entity ids (for state, assignee, labels, etc.) must be valid.
Why this helps
Maintaining the same information in both Google Sheets and Linear creates cognitive burden, manual updates, and inevitable synchronization failures.
- Changes in Google Sheets instantly reflect in Linear without manual re-entry
- Eliminate the mental burden of keeping two tools synchronized
- Catch discrepancies faster since you only update one place
- Reduce errors from copy-paste mistakes between tools
- Maintain focus on the work instead of managing tool synchronization
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1In the Notis portal, click New Automation.
- 2Write your prompt: 'When cells in the range [A1:D10] of my [Sheet Name] spreadsheet change, update the corresponding Linear issue with the new values.'
- 3Select 'Cell Range Values Changed' as your trigger.
- 4Pick your notification channel.
- 5Test by changing a cell value in your sheet and confirming the Linear issue updates.
Questions about this workflow
How does Notis know which Linear issue to update?
You specify this in your prompt. For example: 'Update the Linear issue titled [Issue Name]' or 'Update all issues tagged with [Label].' Notis matches them based on your instruction.
What if I update multiple cells at once?
Notis batches the changes and updates the Linear issue once with all the new data, keeping your issue tracker clean and avoiding spam.
Can this work in reverse, updating my sheet when a Linear issue changes?
Yes, but that's a separate automation. You'd create another automation with Linear as the trigger and Google Sheets as the action.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Sheets to Linear. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Sheets triggers
Linear actions
Aggregate Metric Changed
Triggers when an aggregate metric (SUM/COUNT/AVG/MIN/MAX) changes in a Google Sheets spreadsheet. This trigger monitors an aggregate calculation on a target column (optionally filtered by a search column/value) and fires when the calculated result changes.
Create linear attachment
Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing linear issue.
Cell Range Values Changed
Triggers when values in a specified A1 range change in Google Sheets. This trigger monitors a specific cell or range of cells and fires when any values change.
Create a comment
Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.
Conditional Format Rule Changed
Triggers when conditional formatting rules change in a Google Spreadsheet. Detects when rules are added, updated, or removed. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Data Validation Rule Changed
Triggers when data validation rules change (added/updated/removed) in a Google Spreadsheet. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
Get create issue default params
Fetches a linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.
Developer Metadata Changed
Triggers when developer metadata entries change (new/updated/removed) in a Google Spreadsheet. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
Create a label
Creates a new label in linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.
Filtered Range Values Changed
Polling trigger that monitors Google Sheets filtered ranges for value changes. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect when values matching a data filter change. Emits the matched values when changes are detected.
Delete issue
Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.
New Rows in Google Sheet
Simple polling trigger that monitors Google Sheets for new rows. Detects when new rows are added and returns the complete row data. Perfect for triggering any workflow based on new sheet entries.
Get all teams
Retrieves all teams from the linear workspace without requiring any parameters.
New Sheet Added in Google Spreadsheet
Polling trigger that detects when a new sheet is added to a Google Spreadsheet.
Download issue attachments
Downloads a specific attachment from a linear issue; the `file name` must include the correct file extension.
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