Transform Slack Brainstorms Into Organized Issues
Great ideas happen in Slack conversations, but they get lost if you don't manually create an issue in Linear. Notis captures that discussion and creates a structured issue automatically.
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 struggle to funnel informal discussions into formal tracking. This mental overhead means ideas get lost between Slack and Linear.
- Capture ideas while they're being discussed, not after
- Automatically structure informal discussion into formal issues
- Preserve the full context of why a decision was made
- Reduce the friction between ideation and action
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Linear to Notis.
- 2Ask Notis: 'When my team discusses something in #brainstorm, create a Linear issue summarizing the discussion' or use the portal.
- 3Provide the prompt: 'Monitor #brainstorm-channel. When a topic generates multiple responses, create a Linear issue with the main points and link back to the discussion.'
- 4Choose your discussion channel and Linear team.
- 5Test by starting a discussion in Slack and watch Notis create an issue.
Questions about this workflow
How does Notis know when to create an issue?
You define the trigger in your prompt. For example, 'Create an issue after 5 people respond' or 'Create an issue when someone uses the done emoji'.
Does it include all the discussion context?
Yes. Notis can include message summaries, decisions made, and even links back to the Slack thread.
What if a discussion doesn't need an issue?
You can refine your trigger criteria to be more selective, or manually skip issues that don't need them.
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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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
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