Weekly Blocked Issues Summary
Every Monday, Notis sends a Telegram summary of blocked or stalled issues in Linear so your team unblocks them early.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Send Message
Send a text message to a telegram chat using the bot api.
Why this helps
Blocked issues silently sit in backlog, unnoticed. Neurodivergent founders forget about them, and blocked team members wait without escalating. Blockers fester and slow the entire organization.
- Spot blocked work before it becomes a crisis
- Empower team members to escalate blockers
- Reduce time work sits blocked
- Build momentum by clearing impediments
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Linear and Telegram integrations.
- 2Ask Notis: 'Every Monday, send a Telegram message listing all blocked or stalled issues in Linear.'
- 3Define what 'blocked' means in your Linear setup (specific status, label, or duration without update).
- 4The first summary will arrive next Monday.
Questions about this workflow
How does Notis know an issue is blocked?
Tell Notis your definition: a specific status (like 'Blocked'), a label, or issues that haven't been updated in N days.
Should the summary include who owns each blocked issue?
Yes, include assignees so people know who to follow up with.
Can I get blocked alerts more than weekly?
Absolutely. Create multiple automations for daily, tri-weekly, or real-time alerting if needed.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Linear to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Linear triggers
Telegram actions
Comment Received Trigger
Triggered when a comment is received.
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.
Issue Created Trigger
Triggered when a new issue is created.
Delete Message
Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
Edit Message
Edit text messages sent by the bot.
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).
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.
Private Team Issue Created
Fires when a new issue appears in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Forward Message
Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
Private Team Issue Properties Updated
Fires when properties on an issue change in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
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.).
Project Created
Fires when a new Linear project is created. Covers projects in both public and private teams — polls with the connected user's token, so visibility matches what the connected user can see in Linear.
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.
Project Properties Updated
Fires when properties on a Linear project change (status, lead, target date, priority, etc.). Covers projects in both public and private teams — polls with the connected user's token.
Get Chat History
Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.
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