Turn Slack Discussions Into Sorted Action Items
Your team discusses a project in Slack. Notis reads the thread, identifies 5 action items, and creates 5 separate task records in Airtable with appropriate owners and deadlines. No manual parsing.
Trigger
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Action
Create multiple records
Creates multiple new records in a specified airtable table.
Why this helps
Discussions generate action items, but extracting and sorting them manually is tedious. ADHD founders struggle with this 'synthesis' task and often abandon it, leaving decisions untracked.
- Action items automatically extracted and sorted
- Each gets its own tracked record
- Owners and deadlines parsed from discussion
- No manual synthesis required
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Airtable to Notis
- 2Ask Notis: 'When I react to a Slack message with a specific emoji, analyze that entire thread and create an Airtable record for each action item mentioned'
- 3Tell Notis how to identify action items (look for 'action:', assign ownership, suggest deadlines, etc.)
- 4Specify your Airtable table for tasks
- 5React to a Slack thread with your chosen emoji and watch Notis create multiple records
Questions about this workflow
How does Notis know what's an action item vs. just discussion?
Tell Notis what language signals an action item: 'Look for words like will, should, need to, assign to, or items explicitly called out as action items.' It learns patterns.
Can Notis assign owners based on the discussion?
Yes. If someone says 'I'll handle the design,' Notis assigns the task to them. If unclear, it asks you to confirm.
What if the thread has lots of context but few clear action items?
Notis can ask you in Slack: 'I found 2 clear items and 3 possible items. Should I create all 5?' You confirm before creating records.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Airtable. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Airtable actions
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Create base
Creates a new airtable base with specified tables and fields within a workspace; ensure field options are valid for their type.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Create Comment
Creates a new comment on a specific record within an airtable base and table.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Create Field
Creates a new field within a specified table in an airtable base.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Create multiple records
Creates multiple new records in a specified airtable table.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Create a record
Creates a new record in a specified airtable table; field values must conform to the table's column types.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Create table
Creates a new table within a specified existing airtable base, allowing definition of its name, description, and field structure.
Reaction Removed Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message.
Delete Comment
Deletes an existing comment from a specified record in an airtable table.
New Bot Message Received Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_RECEIVED` with `is_bot_message=true` instead. Triggered when a new bot message is posted to a Slack channel.
Delete multiple records
Deletes up to 10 specified records from a table within an airtable base.
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