Track Team Blockers from Telegram into Linear
Blockers stop work. When someone says 'we're blocked on X' in Telegram, Notis instantly creates a high-priority Linear issue so leadership sees it immediately and unblocks the team.
Trigger
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.
Action
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Why this helps
Your team is stuck waiting on something, but the blocker message gets lost in Telegram. Days pass before anyone realizes work is halted. Blocked issues are no one's responsibility.
- Blockers are visible and tracked from the moment they're identified
- Leadership sees blocked work immediately and can take action
- No lost time to wondering why a task stalled
- Clear accountability for unblocking the team
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Linear to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis: 'When my team reports a blocker in Telegram, create a high-priority Linear issue so we can unblock work immediately.'
- 3Define blocker keywords (e.g., 'BLOCKED', 'WAITING ON', 'STUCK') or use a dedicated blocker channel.
- 4Choose which Linear team should handle blockers and where notifications go.
- 5Test by reporting a sample blocker and verify it appears as a high-priority Linear issue.
Questions about this workflow
What counts as a blocker?
You define it. It could be explicit keywords, a dedicated Telegram channel, or an emoji reaction. Notis uses whatever signal works for your team.
Can blockers auto-escalate to leadership?
Yes. You can ask Notis to notify specific people or channels when a blocker is created, or assign it directly to a leader for action.
How do I mark a blocker as resolved?
Update the Linear issue status. Notis can also watch for a resolution message in Telegram and auto-close the issue.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Linear. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Linear 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 linear attachment
Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing linear issue.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Create a comment
Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
Get create issue default params
Fetches a linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.
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 label
Creates a new label in linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.
Delete issue
Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.
Get all teams
Retrieves all teams from the linear workspace without requiring any parameters.
Download issue attachments
Downloads a specific attachment from a linear issue; the `file name` must include the correct file extension.
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