Protect time for high-priority work with one reaction
You see a critical task mentioned in a Slack thread. React with 🔥 and Notis blocks 2 hours on your calendar for that work—making it real instead of stuck in your head.
Trigger
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Action
Quick Add Event
Parses natural language text to quickly create a basic google calendar event with its title, date, and time, suitable for simple scheduling; does not support direct attendee addition or recurring events, and `calendar id` must be valid if not 'primary'.
Why this helps
You know what your top priority is but you never actually protect time for it. It stays in your head as 'important' while urgent messages pull you away, so it never gets done.
- Externalize your priority by putting it on your calendar so you're less likely to forget
- Protect time for what matters most instead of reactive urgent work
- Build accountability by having priorities visible on your calendar
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Google Calendar to Notis
- 2Tell Notis: 'When I react with 🔥 to any message, block 2 hours on my calendar for that priority'
- 3Choose your preferred duration (90 min, 2 hours, 4 hours) and time of day
- 4Test by reacting to a message in any Slack channel
Questions about this workflow
What if you don't have 2 hours available?
Notis will find your next available 2-hour window and suggest it, or you can adjust the duration to fit what's available.
Can you prioritize multiple things at once?
Yes. Each reaction creates a separate calendar block, and you can see all of them to decide which to tackle first.
What if you finish the priority work early?
You can delete the calendar event or use the freed-up time for other priorities.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Google Calendar actions
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Insert Calendar into List
Inserts an existing calendar into the user's calendar list.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Update Calendar List Entry
Updates an existing entry on the user\'s calendar list.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Delete Calendar
Deletes a secondary calendar. use calendars.clear for clearing all events on primary calendars.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Update Calendar
Updates metadata for a calendar.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Clear Calendar
Clears a primary calendar. this operation deletes all events associated with the primary calendar of an account.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
Reaction Removed Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message.
Delete event
Deletes a specified event by `event id` from a google calendar (`calendar id`); this action is idempotent and raises a 404 error if the event is not found.
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.
Create a calendar
Creates a new, empty google calendar with the specified title (summary).
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