Your Inbox Becomes Your Task List: Slack DMs to Notion
Someone DMs you with an ask. Instead of memorizing it or hunting for the message later, Notis instantly creates a Notion task so you have a real action item.
Trigger
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Action
Insert row database
Creates a new page (row) in a specified notion database.
Why this helps
Slack DMs are a firehose for founders. A team member asks for feedback, a contractor requests a decision, a designer wants approval. These pile up in your DM inbox, but without a central record, asks fall through because you're juggling too many parallel threads.
- Convert every important DM into a Notion task you can track and prioritize
- Prevent action requests from drowning in your Slack inbox
- Keep a permanent record of who asked what, when, and why
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Notion to Notis in the portal.
- 2Tell Notis: 'When I receive a direct message in Slack, create a task in my Notion action items database with the sender's name, the request, and a link back to the DM.'
- 3Select 'Direct Message Received' as your trigger.
- 4Point Notis to your Notion task database for action items.
- 5Test by sending yourself a test DM and verifying the Notion task appears.
Questions about this workflow
Will every DM create a task, or can I filter?
You control the filter in your Notis prompt. For example, you can ask Notis to only create tasks for DMs from certain people or that contain action-oriented language.
Can Notis include context like the DM timestamp or file attachments?
Yes. Tell Notis to capture any metadata you need: sender name, timestamp, file links, or a preview of the message. It will log all of that in Notion.
What if someone sends a casual message that's not an action item?
Set your Notis prompt to recognize action-oriented language (e.g., 'Can you...', 'Please...', 'Need help with...') and only create tasks for those. Casual messages are ignored.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Notion. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Notion actions
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Add multiple content blocks (bulk, user-friendly)
Efficiently adds multiple standard content blocks to a notion page in a single api call with automatic markdown parsing. the 'content' field in notionrichtext blocks now automatically detects and parses markdown formatting including headers (# ## ###), bold (**text**), italic (*text*), strikethrough (~~text~~), inline code (`code`), links ([text](url)), and more. ideal for bulk content creation, ai agents, and replacing multiple individual add page content calls. supports automatic text formatting, content splitting, and up to 100 blocks per request.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Add content to Notion page
Deprecated: appends a single content block to a notion page or a parent block (must be page, toggle, to-do, bulleted/numbered list, callout, or quote); invoke repeatedly to add multiple blocks.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Append complex blocks (advanced, full control)
Appends complex blocks with full notion block structure to a parent block or page. use for advanced scenarios requiring precise control: code blocks, tables, embeds, nested children within blocks, or when working with pre-built notion block objects. requires full notion api block schema - use add multiple page content for simpler content creation.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Archive Notion Page
Archives (moves to trash) or unarchives (restores from trash) a specified notion page.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Create comment
Adds a comment to a notion page (via `parent page id`) or to an existing discussion thread (via `discussion id`); cannot create new discussion threads on specific blocks (inline comments).
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Create Notion Database
Creates a new notion database as a subpage under a specified parent page with a defined properties schema; use this action exclusively for creating new databases.
Reaction Removed Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message.
Create Notion page
Creates a new empty page in a notion workspace.
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.
Delete a block
Archives a notion block, page, or database using its id, which sets its 'archived' property to true (like moving to "trash" in the ui) and allows it to be restored later.
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