Keep your bot's command menu fresh
Every Monday, your Telegram bot's command menu updates with current workflows and automations. Your team always knows what's available.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Set Bot Commands
Use this method to change the list of the bot's commands. see https://core.telegram.org/bots#commands for more details about bot commands.
Why this helps
Your bot has commands that nobody remembers, and they drift out of sync with what you actually do. People don't use automations because they forget they exist.
- Keeps your bot's functionality discoverable so people actually use it
- Reduces cognitive load of remembering which commands are available
- Automates the tedious task of updating bot menus manually
- Makes onboarding easier by keeping the command menu current
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: 'Every Monday, update the Telegram bot's command menu to show current team workflows and automations.'
- 3Select 'Recurring Schedule' as the trigger.
- 4Define which workflows should appear in the bot menu.
- 5When Monday arrives, your bot's command list updates automatically.
Questions about this workflow
Which commands should be in the menu?
You can ask Notis to include all automations, or just the most-used ones to keep the menu clean.
Can I add descriptions to each command?
Yes. Notis can pull descriptions from your automation prompts so people understand what each command does.
What if someone creates a new automation mid-week?
The new command appears in the menu on the next scheduled update (Monday). You can also ask Notis to update immediately.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Telegram actions
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
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.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Delete Message
Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Edit Message
Edit text messages sent by the bot.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
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.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Forward Message
Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
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.).
Reaction Removed Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message.
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.
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.
Get Chat History
Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.
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