Start Your Day With a Slack Digest
Instead of scrolling through Slack first thing, open an email digest with yesterday's highlights. Notis pulls the important stuff and creates a draft you can review, archive, or act on.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create email draft
Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.
Why this helps
Your mornings start with Slack overwhelm. Scrolling through notifications kills your focus and pushes deep work further back. You miss context from yesterday's discussions.
- Check Slack once instead of constantly throughout the day
- Stay informed without the dopamine hit of notifications
- Reference important decisions in your email archive
- Reclaim focus time for actual work instead of scrolling
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Gmail to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: 'Every morning at 8am, create an email draft summarizing yesterday's key Slack messages.'
- 3Notis will use a Cron trigger (daily, at your chosen time) and Create email draft as your action.
- 4Specify which channels or keywords to include (e.g., high-priority channels, messages with 3+ reactions).
- 5Review the first digest in your Gmail drafts and adjust if needed.
Questions about this workflow
Can I change the time of day?
Yes. Set any time that works for your routine. Early morning is common, but late afternoon or evening also work.
What counts as 'important' in the digest?
By default, Notis includes messages with reactions, thread replies, and high-priority keywords. You can customize these rules.
Can I send it directly instead of as a draft?
Absolutely. Notis can send it to a designated email address or team. Great for team-wide digests.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Gmail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Gmail actions
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Modify email labels
Adds and/or removes specified gmail labels for a message; ensure `message id` and all `label ids` are valid (use 'listlabels' for custom label ids).
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 email draft
Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.
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 label
Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Delete Draft
Permanently deletes a specific gmail draft using its id; ensure the draft exists and the user has necessary permissions for the given `user id`.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Delete message
Permanently deletes a specific email message by its id from a gmail mailbox; for `user id`, use 'me' for the authenticated user or an email address to which the authenticated user has delegated access.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Fetch emails
Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.
Reaction Removed Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message.
Fetch message by message ID
Fetches a specific email message by its id, provided the `message id` exists and is accessible to the authenticated `user id`.
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.
Fetch Message by Thread ID
Retrieves messages from a gmail thread using its `thread id`, where the thread must be accessible by the specified `user id`.
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