Make Decisions Stick, Even Over Emoji
Your team reacts to decisions with thumbs-up, party emojis, and shrugs. Those reactions are votes, but they disappear. This workflow saves the decision, the message, and the vote tallies to a Drive doc, so you have a permanent, searchable decision log.
Trigger
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Action
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.
Why this helps
Asynchronous decision-making via emoji is fast and fits neurodivergent working styles, but reactions vanish, context gets lost, and you end up re-litigating the same choice three months later.
- Build a searchable log of every team decision
- Reactions become a permanent record of consensus or dissent
- No meeting fatigue; decisions happen in chat
- Reference past decisions to avoid repeating arguments
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Google Drive to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: 'When a message gets 3+ emoji reactions, save it as a decision to my Decisions folder in Google Drive, including the vote counts.'
- 3Select 'Message Reaction Added' as your trigger.
- 4Choose the emoji types to watch for (e.g., thumbs-up, -1, party, shrug).
- 5Test by posting a mock decision in a channel and reacting with your tracked emojis.
Questions about this workflow
What if someone reacts with the wrong emoji by mistake?
Notis only logs reactions once a message reaches your threshold (e.g., 3+ total emoji). Accidental single reactions don't trigger saves.
Can I track different emoji as different vote types?
Absolutely. In your prompt, specify how to interpret each emoji: thumbs-up = yes, thumbs-down = no, shrug = unsure. Notis tallies them separately.
How do I know the doc was created from the message?
Notis includes a direct link back to the original Slack message in the doc, so context is always one click away.
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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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