Notify Your Team About Private Issue Changes
A private team issue's priority escalates, the deadline moves, or it gets reassigned—but not everyone sees it. Notis drafts an email explaining the change, so your team stays synced without hunting through Linear.
Trigger
Private Team Issue Properties Updated
Fires when properties on an issue change in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Action
Create email draft
Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.
Why this helps
Private team changes create misalignment. Someone is still working toward an old deadline while others know it moved. Coordination breaks down silently.
- Your core team hears about property changes instantly
- Misalignment gets caught early instead of at crunch time
- Draft includes what changed and why—no guessing
- Reduces surprises and rework from outdated assumptions
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Linear and Gmail to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: 'When properties change on a private team issue (priority, assignee, deadline), draft an email to my core team explaining the change.'
- 3Specify which changes matter (priority, deadline, assignee) and who needs to know.
- 4Test by updating a private team issue's property; check for the draft.
- 5Enable it—team is now automatically notified of coordination changes.
Questions about this workflow
What counts as a property change?
Priority, assignee, deadline, status label—anything that affects how the work gets done. You choose which changes trigger emails.
What if only minor properties change?
Tell Notis: 'Only email for priority or deadline changes; ignore description tweaks.' This keeps your team from getting spammed.
Can I customize the email tone?
Yes. The draft is yours to review and adjust. Notis just gets the facts in order; you set the tone.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Linear to Gmail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Linear triggers
Gmail actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Modify email labels
Adds and/or removes specified gmail labels for a message; ensure `message id` and all `label ids` are valid (use 'listlabels' for custom label ids).
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create email draft
Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.
Comment Received Trigger
Triggered when a comment is received.
Create label
Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account.
Issue Created Trigger
Triggered when a new issue is created.
Delete Draft
Permanently deletes a specific gmail draft using its id; ensure the draft exists and the user has necessary permissions for the given `user id`.
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
Delete message
Permanently deletes a specific email message by its id from a gmail mailbox; for `user id`, use 'me' for the authenticated user or an email address to which the authenticated user has delegated access.
Private Team Comment Created
Fires when a new comment is posted on an issue in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Fetch emails
Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.
Private Team Issue Created
Fires when a new issue appears in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Fetch message by message ID
Fetches a specific email message by its id, provided the `message id` exists and is accessible to the authenticated `user id`.
Private Team Issue Properties Updated
Fires when properties on an issue change in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Fetch Message by Thread ID
Retrieves messages from a gmail thread using its `thread id`, where the thread must be accessible by the specified `user id`.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Linear and Gmail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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