Smart Message Routing to Jira Task Assignment
Messages arrive in WhatsApp but nobody knows whose responsibility they are. Notis assigns them to the right person automatically.
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
Assign Issue
Assigns a jira issue to a user, default assignee, or unassigns; supports email/name lookup.
Why this helps
A customer message arrives but there's no clear owner. It sits unassigned, each team member thinks someone else will handle it, and days pass before anyone responds.
- Every message has a clear owner immediately
- Reduces context-switching when someone asks 'who should handle this?'
- No more ambiguity about responsibility
- Founder keeps full visibility of team workload
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Set up WhatsApp and Jira integrations in Notis.
- 2Create an automation with 'New Message Received' and 'Assign Issue' as the action.
- 3Write your routing rule in plain language: e.g., 'If the message is about billing, assign to the finance person. If it's about bugs, assign to the engineer.'
- 4Choose your notification channel, then test with a real customer message.
Questions about this workflow
Can Notis automatically figure out who should handle a message?
Yes. You describe your team structure once ('engineering lead is Alice, support is Bob'), and Notis routes future messages based on the topic.
What if the message doesn't clearly fit a category?
You can add a fallback instruction like 'if unsure, assign to the founder' to prevent ambiguity.
Can multiple people be assigned to one issue?
Your instruction can assign to one primary owner and add others as watchers if needed.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Whatsapp to Jira. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Whatsapp triggers
Jira 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 Attachment
Uploads and attaches a file to a jira issue.
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.
Add Comment
Adds a comment using atlassian document format (adf) for rich text to an existing jira issue.
Interactive Reply Received
Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.
Add Watcher to Issue
Adds a user to an issue's watcher list by account id.
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.
Assign Issue
Assigns a jira issue to a user, default assignee, or unassigns; supports email/name lookup.
Bulk Create Issues
Creates multiple jira issues (up to 50 per call) with full feature support including markdown, assignee resolution, and priority handling.
Create Issue
Creates a new jira issue (e.g., bug, task, story) in a specified project.
Link Issues
Links two jira issues using a specified link type with optional comment.
Create Project
Creates a new jira project with required lead, template, and type configuration.
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