Skip the Email Chain: Poll Your Team's Availability Weekly
Every Monday, a Telegram poll asks your team "Which times are you free this week for 1-on-1s?" Responses come in instantly. You see the data and schedule without email threads or back-and-forth.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Send Poll
Send a native poll to a telegram chat using the bot api.
Why this helps
Scheduling 1-on-1s with your team takes days because emails ping back and forth. People forget, you have to follow up, and by the time you've scheduled five 30-minute meetings, you've lost an hour to coordination.
- Gather availability from everyone at once instead of sending individual emails
- See patterns in team availability to find common meeting windows
- Schedule faster because responses come in through Telegram, not email
- Make polling a routine so scheduling becomes predictable
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Calendar and Telegram to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: "Every Monday at 9 AM, send a poll to my team Telegram channel asking for their availability windows this week."
- 3Select the trigger: "Notis Cron" with a weekly Monday schedule.
- 4Define poll options like "Before 10 AM," "10 AM to 2 PM," "After 2 PM."
- 5Choose your team's Telegram channel as the destination.
Questions about this workflow
Can I make the poll questions dynamic based on my calendar?
Tell Notis to generate poll options based on your free slots this week. It can be smarter than static options.
How do I see poll results?
Telegram shows vote counts in real time. Notis can also summarize the results after voting closes.
Can I use this for more than team availability?
Absolutely. Use it for "Which project should we prioritize?" or "Best time for team lunch?" Any yes/no or multiple-choice decision.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Calendar to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Calendar triggers
Telegram actions
Attendee Response Changed
Polling trigger that fires when any attendee's RSVP changes to accepted, declined, or tentative. Returns attendee info and current status.
Answer Callback Query
Use this method to send answers to callback queries sent from inline keyboards. the answer will be displayed to the user as a notification at the top of the chat screen or as an alert.
Event Canceled or Deleted
Triggers when a Google Calendar event is cancelled or deleted. Returns minimal data: event_id, summary (if available), and cancellation timestamp.
Delete Message
Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
Event Starting Soon
Triggers when a calendar event is within a configured number of minutes from starting. Returns event details, time remaining, attendees, and join links when available.
Edit Message
Edit text messages sent by the bot.
Calendar Event Changes
**SOON TO BE DEPRECATED** - Use Calendar Event Sync (polling trigger) instead. Real-time webhook trigger for calendar event changes. Returns event metadata only. For full event data, use Calendar Event Sync (polling trigger).
Export Chat Invite Link
Generate a new primary invite link for a chat; any previously generated primary link is revoked. the bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights.
Event Created
Polling trigger that fires when a new calendar event is created. Returns event ID, summary, start/end times, and organizer info.
Forward Message
Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
Calendar Event Sync
Polling trigger that returns full event data including details, attendees, and metadata. For real-time notifications with basic info, use Calendar Event Changes (webhook).
Get Chat Info
Get up to date information about the chat (current name of the user for one-on-one conversations, current username of a user, group or channel, etc.).
Event Updated
Triggers when an existing Google Calendar event is modified. Returns the event ID, change type, and the specific fields that changed with their previous and new values.
Get Chat Administrators
Get a list of administrators in a chat. on success, returns an array of chatmember objects that contains information about all chat administrators except other bots.
Get Chat History
Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.
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