Build documentation from Telegram channel posts
Post an announcement to your Telegram channel. Notis creates an Airtable record and adds a timestamped comment. Your documentation builds itself.
Trigger
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Action
Create Comment
Creates a new comment on a specific record within an airtable base and table.
Why this helps
Documentation is tedious and deprioritized. Neurodivergent founders skip it entirely. Automating from existing communication (Telegram) makes docs a side-effect, not extra work.
- Documentation created automatically from announcements
- Timestamped record of what was said and when
- Fully searchable knowledge base in Airtable
- No documentation overhead
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Make Notis an admin in your Telegram announcement channel.
- 2Connect Telegram and Airtable to Notis.
- 3Create an automation: 'When I post to my announcement channel, create a documentation record in Airtable and add the post as a timestamped comment.'
- 4Set the trigger to 'New Channel Post' and select your channel.
- 5Post a test announcement and verify the record and comment appear in Airtable.
Questions about this workflow
Can I organize documentation by topic or category?
Yes. Notis can extract topics from the post or you can use Telegram thread prefixes (like #topic) to auto-categorize.
Will old channel posts be imported?
This automation only captures new posts going forward. Use a bulk import if you want historical posts.
Can multiple people post documentation?
Yes. Notis captures posts from all admins or all members (depending on your Privacy Mode setting).
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Airtable. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Airtable actions
New Message Received
Triggered when your bot receives a new message in a private chat, group, or supergroup. To receive every message in a group, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.
Create base
Creates a new airtable base with specified tables and fields within a workspace; ensure field options are valid for their type.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Create Comment
Creates a new comment on a specific record within an airtable base and table.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Create Field
Creates a new field within a specified table in an airtable base.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
Create multiple records
Creates multiple new records in a specified airtable table.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Create a record
Creates a new record in a specified airtable table; field values must conform to the table's column types.
Create table
Creates a new table within a specified existing airtable base, allowing definition of its name, description, and field structure.
Delete Comment
Deletes an existing comment from a specified record in an airtable table.
Delete multiple records
Deletes up to 10 specified records from a table within an airtable base.
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