Turn Slack Alerts Into Linear Issues
When something urgent lands in Slack, your brain already knows what to do with it. Notis captures those alerts and moves them straight to Linear so you can stay in flow.
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
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Why this helps
Neurodivergent founders often lose important alerts that slide past in Slack because they require a separate context-switch to log into Linear.
- Eliminate manual copying and pasting between Slack and Linear
- Ensure urgent items don't get lost in chat noise
- Save up to 3 minutes per alert by automating the transfer
- Keep your task list synchronized with real-time communications
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect your Slack and Linear workspaces to Notis via the portal.
- 2Ask Notis: 'Create an automation that turns channel messages into Linear issues' or go to Automations > New to fill in the prompt.
- 3Set the prompt: 'When a message arrives in #alerts channel, create a Linear issue with the message as the title and description.'
- 4Choose your Slack channel trigger and select which Linear team to receive the issues.
- 5Test by posting a test alert in Slack and verify it appears in Linear within seconds.
Questions about this workflow
Can I choose which Slack channels trigger this automation?
Yes. When creating the automation, specify the channel (or channels) where you want messages converted to tasks. You can create multiple automations for different channels if needed.
Does this capture threaded replies?
This automation captures messages posted in the channel. Thread replies can be included in the description if you mention them in your prompt to Notis.
What happens if the same message triggers multiple times?
Notis creates one issue per trigger. You can refine your prompt to use the emoji-reaction trigger instead if you want more control over which messages become tasks.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Linear. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Linear actions
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Create linear attachment
Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing linear issue.
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 a comment
Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.
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 linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get create issue default params
Fetches a linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Create a label
Creates a new label in linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Delete issue
Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.
Reaction Removed Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message.
Get all teams
Retrieves all teams from the linear workspace without requiring any parameters.
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.
Download issue attachments
Downloads a specific attachment from a linear issue; the `file name` must include the correct file extension.
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