Connect Slack to World News API

When something happens in Slack, Notis takes the next step in World News API. Describe what you want in plain English, or start from one of the examples below.

When this happens · Trigger

Triggers when a new channel is created.

Do this · Action

Extracts a public article for 2 points, plus 2 with analysis; paywalled or login-protected pages may be incomplete.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Slack to World News API. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Slack triggers

World News API actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Extract News Article

Extracts a public article for 2 points, plus 2 with analysis; paywalled or login-protected pages may be incomplete.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Extract News Links

Extract article links from a news homepage or section; an empty result is successful.

ActionInstant

New Channel Created Trigger

Triggers when a new channel is created.

TriggerInstant

Get Geo Coordinates

Find a place’s latitude and longitude from its name or address.

ActionInstant

Channel Message Received

Triggers when a message is posted in a channel, excluding direct messages.

TriggerInstant

Generate RSS Feed

Generates an RSS 2.0 feed from a public news page; costs 1 point, plus 0.5 per item if extraction is enabled.

ActionInstant

Direct Message Received

Triggers when a new direct message, including a thread reply, is sent to a user.

TriggerInstant

Search News Sources

Find monitored news sources by partial name and view their URLs and languages.

ActionInstant

Message Reaction Added

Triggers when a reaction is added to a message.

TriggerInstant

Get News by IDs

Retrieves full article records by their IDs; costs 0.1 quota points per returned article.

ActionInstant

Message Reaction Removed

Triggers when a reaction is removed from a message.

TriggerInstant

Get Top News

View relevance-ranked top news clusters for a country and language.

ActionInstant

New Bot Message Received Trigger

Triggers when a bot posts a new message in a channel.

TriggerInstant

Search News

Searches indexed news, returning one page for 1 point plus 0.01 per article; free history is about a month.

Conditions and details

Requires at least one anchor filter to search; date, sentiment and text-match criteria can only refine an anchored search. Returns one offset page of indexed news articles. The cost is 1 point plus 0.01 points per returned article. Free accounts can search about one month of history.

ActionInstant

Trigger Types

Four ways to start an automation.

A trigger is the event that kicks a workflow off. Notis supports four kinds: an event in a connected app, an inbound webhook, a schedule (recurring or one-time), and a change in one of your Notis databases.

Integration triggers

Fire when something happens inside a connected app. New Notion page, Stripe charge, Linear issue: any of 1,500+ apps can start a workflow.

New Notion pageStripe chargeCalendar event

Webhook triggers

A unique URL per workflow. Anything that can send an HTTP POST can start an automation, including no-code tools that speak webhooks.

Any HTTP POSTCustom backendIoT event

Works with

ZapierPipedream

Most used

Scheduled triggers

Run a workflow on the clock, on a recurring schedule or once at a set date and time. Daily standups, hourly syncs, a one-off launch reminder: the workhorse of Notis.

Daily · 8:00Weekdays onlyOnce · Dec 13

Beta

Database triggers

Fire when a row in one of your Notis databases is added or edited, with optional filters on its properties. New lead added, status changed, value crosses a limit.

Row addedProperty editedValue > limit

Why AI automation

Classic automation breaks. AI adapts.

Same triggers and actions, smarter middle. AI handles the fuzziness that breaks traditional Zapier-style workflows the moment a field gets renamed.

Classic automationAI automation

Cost

$ · pay per run

$$ · AI models per run

Reliability

Breaks on schema change

Adapts to format changes

Setup

Click 8 dropdowns

Describe it in English

Handles fuzzy

Hard-coded fields only

Reads intent, summarises

Human in loop

Bolted on

Built in · approval inbox

Maintenance

You own every break

Self-heals · we own it

Ease of use

Describe it. Notis builds it.

Skip the visual builder. Tell Notis what you want, in plain English. It writes the workflow, you review and deploy.

You · in the Notis Builder

NEW

“When a row gets added to the Q4 OKRs Notion database and the status is Blocked, send a Telegram message to the owner with a summary of what's blocking, and ping me if there's no reply within 24 hours.”

Notis built this automation:

TriggerRow added to "Q4 OKRs"

Condition✦Status = "Blocked"

AI step✦Summarise the blocker in plain English

ActionDM the row owner with summary

Timeout✦No reply in 24h → ping you

Observability

Watch every run.

Notis Desktop is Mission Control for your AI automations. See every run, replay, edit, or rewind. Set approval gates so Notis pauses before destructive actions.