Prepare for tomorrow's Outlook meetings with Slack
End the day knowing how tomorrow begins. Notis reviews the next Outlook schedule and creates one focused Slack reminder when early preparation will help.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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
An early important meeting is discovered only after the next workday has already started.
- Makes the next morning easier to start
- Limits attention to one useful preparation cue
- Reduces surprise from early meetings
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Slack in Notis.
- 2Create an evening automation that reviews tomorrow's first important Outlook meeting.
- 3Describe what makes a meeting important and the preparation reminder you want.
- 4Set the evening schedule and report channel, then test against tomorrow's calendar.
Questions about this workflow
Can Notis skip days without important meetings?
Yes. Ask it to create no reminder when the next day's calendar has nothing that meets your criteria.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Outlook to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Outlook triggers
Slack actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Set snooze duration
Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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.
New Contact Added
Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.
Add an emoji alias
Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.
Calendar Event Changes
Triggered when a new calendar event occurs (created, updated, or deleted) in the Outlook calendar.
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.
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
Add a star to an item
Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Add call participants
Registers new participants added to a slack call.
New Sent Message
Triggered when a new message is sent from the Outlook mailbox.
Add emoji
Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Outlook and Slack, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
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