Convert Direct Messages Into Organized Tasks
Your brain works best when you can think out loud. Notis listens to your DMs and turns them into Linear issues so you can capture ideas without cognitive overhead.
Trigger
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Action
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Why this helps
Neurodivergent founders often use DMs to think out loud, but those ideas get buried and lost unless manually logged later. This creates invisible work and forgotten tasks.
- Capture quick thoughts and ideas without typing them twice
- Eliminate the friction of manually creating tasks later
- Transform informal communication into organized work items
- Reduce decision fatigue by automating the capture step
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Linear to Notis in the portal.
- 2Tell Notis: 'When I send you a direct message, create a Linear issue from it' or create a new automation in the portal.
- 3Provide the prompt: 'Create a Linear issue from my DM with the message as the task description. Assign it to me.'
- 4Select DM as the trigger and choose your default Linear team.
- 5Send Notis a test message and check that it appears as an issue in Linear.
Questions about this workflow
Does this capture all my DMs or only messages to Notis?
You control this with your trigger settings. You can set it to capture all DMs to you, or only DMs sent to the Notis bot. Most neurodivergent founders prefer the Notis-specific version to avoid cluttering their task list.
Can I edit the issue after it's created?
Absolutely. Notis creates the issue, then you can refine it in Linear just like any other task. The automation is just the initial capture step.
What if I send multiple DMs at once?
Each message creates its own issue. If you want to batch multiple ideas into one issue, mention that in your prompt and Notis will adapt.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Linear. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Linear actions
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Create linear attachment
Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing linear issue.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Create a comment
Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get create issue default params
Fetches a linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Create a label
Creates a new label in linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Delete issue
Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.
Reaction Removed Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message.
Get all teams
Retrieves all teams from the linear workspace without requiring any parameters.
New Bot Message Received Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_RECEIVED` with `is_bot_message=true` instead. Triggered when a new bot message is posted to a Slack channel.
Download issue attachments
Downloads a specific attachment from a linear issue; the `file name` must include the correct file extension.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
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