Review your email weekly with a scheduled Slack reminder

Instead of letting emails pile up, Notis sends you a weekly reminder at a time you choose to review pending emails and close out loose ends.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

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

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Action

Create a reminder

Creates a slack reminder with specified text and time; time accepts unix timestamps, seconds from now, or natural language (e.g., 'in 15 minutes', 'every thursday at 2pm').

Why this helps

Founders let emails accumulate for weeks, leading to missed opportunities, frustrated stakeholders, and the anxiety of a bloated inbox they can't face.

  • Build a sustainable email routine by reviewing once per week instead of constantly
  • Reduce inbox-related anxiety by knowing you have a scheduled time to address it
  • Catch emails that slipped through the cracks before they become urgent
  • Avoid the sense of being overwhelmed by batching email review into a single session

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Gmail and Slack to Notis.
  • 2Create an automation: ask Notis 'Remind me every Friday at 4pm to review my email' or use the portal.
  • 3Describe the outcome: 'Post a reminder message with prompts like: How many unread? Any overdue responses? Any outstanding action items?'
  • 4Select the trigger: Recurring schedule (weekly).
  • 5Choose a Slack channel for reminders.
  • 6Test the automation by manually running it to confirm the message arrives.

Questions about this workflow

Can I change the day or time the reminder runs?

Yes. Edit the automation to specify your preferred time (e.g., 'every Friday at 3pm' or 'every Tuesday morning at 9am').

Can I customize the reminder message?

Absolutely. Tell Notis in your prompt what you want the reminder to include (e.g., 'include a link to my inbox' or 'ask me to check on client emails').

What if I don't want to be reminded one week?

You can pause the automation temporarily or ask Notis to disable it from Slack. Re-enable it when you're ready.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

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Gmail triggers

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Slack actions

Email Sent

Triggers when a Gmail message is sent by the authenticated user. It polls the 'SENT' label and emits metadata including sender, recipients, subject, timestamp, and thread ID.

TriggerPolling

Set snooze duration

Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.

ActionInstant

New Gmail Message Received Trigger

Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.

TriggerPolling

Add a custom emoji to a Slack team

Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.

ActionInstant

Add an emoji alias

Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.

ActionInstant

Add a remote file

Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.

ActionInstant

Add a star to an item

Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.

ActionInstant

Add call participants

Registers new participants added to a slack call.

ActionInstant

Add emoji

Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.

ActionInstant

Add reaction to message

Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.

ActionInstant

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