Convert Telegram Channel Announcements to Indexed Google Drive Documents
Important announcement in Telegram? Notis saves it to Drive with metadata tags, dates, and categories so your team can search and reference it months later.
Trigger
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Action
Update File (Metadata)
Updates file metadata. uses patch semantics (partial update) as per google drive api v3. use this tool to modify attributes of an existing file like its name, description, or parent folders. note: this action currently supports metadata updates only. file content updates require multipart/related upload and are not yet implemented.
Why this helps
Announcements are easy to miss or forget. You end up re-announcing the same thing or hunting through Telegram backlog for details.
- Announcements are indexed and always searchable
- No important updates get lost or forgotten
- Team can reference historical context anytime
- Metadata tags make filtering and sorting easy
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Google Drive to Notis.
- 2Create an automation called 'Announcement Librarian'.
- 3Tell Notis: 'When I post to my Telegram channel, check if it's an announcement (e.g., marked with #announce or contains keywords like policy, important, deadline). If yes, create a Google Doc with the full announcement, date, category tags, and a one-sentence summary.'
- 4Set the trigger to New Channel Post.
- 5Test by posting an announcement in Telegram and verifying it appears in Drive.
Questions about this workflow
How do I mark something as an announcement?
Use a hashtag like #announce, or just put key phrases in your post (e.g., 'Urgent policy update'). Notis learns what matters to you.
Can I organize announcements by category?
Yes. Tell Notis to tag announcements (e.g., Policy, Security, Release, Schedule) and organize them into folders.
What if I need to edit an announcement later?
You can edit it in Drive anytime. The Doc will stay linked to the original Telegram post for reference.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Google Drive 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.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Create Comment
Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
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 File or Folder
Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Create a folder
Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.
Create Reply
Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
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