Keep Your Urgent Alerts in One Place
Bots, tools, and alerts flood Slack. Important ones get lost in noise. This automation catches alert messages and moves them to a dedicated Urgent folder in Drive, so critical items never fall through the cracks.
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
Move File
Tool to move a file from one folder to another in google drive. use when you need to reorganize files by changing their parent folder(s).
Why this helps
ADHD brains are vulnerable to alert fatigue and missing critical notifications. Slack is noisy, and important alerts mix with chat. Without a dedicated, organized alert space, urgent items get forgotten.
- All urgent alerts live in one searchable folder; no more missed items
- Reduce alert fatigue by centralizing noise in one place
- Faster response times when critical items are easy to find
- Less context-switching between Slack and other tools
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Google Drive.
- 2Create an automation: 'When a bot or alert message is posted in Slack, move it to my Alerts folder in Google Drive.'
- 3Select 'Channel Message Received' as your trigger.
- 4Specify which channels to monitor (e.g., #alerts, #incidents) or which keywords to watch for (e.g., 'URGENT', 'CRITICAL').
- 5Test by posting an alert message in your monitored channel and verifying it appears in Drive.
Questions about this workflow
How does Notis know what counts as an alert?
You can filter by channel name (only #alerts), by keywords in the message (URGENT, ERROR, CRITICAL), or by message sender (only from specific bots). You control the definition.
Can I organize alerts by type or severity?
Yes. Use subfolders: Critical, High, Medium. Notis can route based on keywords or severity labels in the message.
What if an alert is outdated or resolved?
You can mark alerts as resolved in Drive (with a label or comment), or Notis can auto-archive them after a set time (e.g., 7 days) if you prefer.
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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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