Your Weekly Status Report, No Meetings Required
Fridays roll around. You need a status for stakeholders or your own clarity. Notis creates one: all active projects, their status (on-track, at-risk, blocked), blockers, and next steps, culled from Slack this week. Human-readable, no data-gathering meetings, one click to share.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
List Files and Folders
Tool to list a user's files and folders in google drive. use this to search or browse for files and folders based on various criteria.
Why this helps
Status collection and synthesis are executive-function killers. Neurodivergent founders dread the Friday standup call. A lightweight async status system that requires no live sync or manual compilation removes the friction.
- Weekly status report generated without meetings
- Reduces executive function drain from manual status collection
- Searchable dashboard of all active projects and their health
- Easy to share with stakeholders or board members
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Google Drive.
- 2Create an automation: 'Every Friday at 4pm, create a Status Dashboard doc in my Reports folder listing all active projects, their status (on-track/at-risk/blocked), main blockers, and next steps, based on this week's Slack messages in #status and #blockers.'
- 3Select 'Cron Schedule' and set to weekly (Friday, 4pm).
- 4Specify channels and keywords to monitor for project status (e.g., '#status', '#blockers', project names).
- 5Test by running a manual trigger to see the format; adjust keywords if needed.
Questions about this workflow
How does Notis know which projects are active or what their status is?
Notis monitors channels and keywords you specify. You can set it to watch #status, #blockers, or specific project channels and extract status based on message content.
Can I include metrics or just narrative?
Both. Notis can include task counts, blockers listed, recent wins, and other metrics alongside narrative summaries.
Can the dashboard include projects from multiple channels or sources?
Yes. Notis aggregates across all channels you specify into one unified status doc.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Google Drive actions
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
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 Comment
Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Create File or Folder
Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Reaction Removed Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message.
Create a folder
Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.
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 Reply
Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
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