Find Google Drive Files Without Leaving WhatsApp
Type a question in WhatsApp. Notis searches your Drive and sends you the matching files instantly. Stay in context, stay focused.
Trigger
New Message Received
Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.
Action
Find file
Tool to list or search for files and folders in google drive. use when you need to find specific files based on query criteria or list contents of a drive/folder.
Why this helps
Founders constantly need to search for files, but switching between WhatsApp and Drive breaks focus and slows down decision-making. The mental cost of context-switching compounds throughout the day.
- Stay in WhatsApp while searching Drive
- Reduced context-switching and mental load
- Faster document retrieval during conversations
- Ideal for remote or async workflows
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect WhatsApp Business Account and Google Drive to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: 'When I send a message in WhatsApp containing a file name or keyword, search Google Drive and send me links to matching files.'
- 3Notis will learn your Drive structure and search criteria over time.
- 4Test by sending a WhatsApp message like 'Find my budget proposal' and confirm Notis returns Drive links.
Questions about this workflow
How specific can my search queries be?
Very specific. You can search by file name, folder, date range, or even content keywords; Notis understands natural language queries.
Does it share the files or just send links?
It sends sharable links to files, maintaining your Drive permission settings so only authorized people can access them.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Whatsapp to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Whatsapp triggers
Google Drive actions
Message Status Updated
Triggers when a WhatsApp message status changes. IMPORTANT LIMITATION: WhatsApp Cloud API does not provide a native polling endpoint for message status. Status updates are ONLY delivered via webhooks in real-time. This trigger cannot directly poll the WhatsApp API for status updates. This trigger will return empty results as WhatsApp does not support this operation. To track message status updates, you must: 1. Set up a webhook endpoint to receive status notifications from WhatsApp 2. Store the webhook data in your own database 3. Use a different mechanism to query your stored webhook data For more information, see: - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/webhooks
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
New Message Received
Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
Interactive Reply Received
Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.
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 Template Status Update
Triggered when the review status of a WhatsApp message template changes — for example approved, rejected, or flagged — on your WhatsApp Business Account.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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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