Collect a weekly staffing pulse in Telegram
Make the weekly staffing review more actionable by pairing available 7shifts context with a simple Telegram poll.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Send Poll
Send a native poll to a telegram chat using the bot api.
Why this helps
A staffing review can miss useful team feedback when there is no quick way to collect it.
- Collect quick team feedback in a native poll
- Pair responses with a scheduled staffing review
- Reduce the effort of organizing check-ins
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect 7shifts and Telegram once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, or tell Notis to create one from any channel.
- 3Describe the staffing question for the poll and any 7shifts context to include in its wording.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real example and confirm the poll wording.
Questions about this workflow
Does the poll automatically read the answers later?
This workflow sends a poll. It does not include an action for collecting or analyzing poll responses.
Can the poll include a staffing-specific question?
Yes. State the question and answer choices in your instruction, using context available to Notis.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link 7shifts to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
7shifts triggers
Telegram actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Delete Message
Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
Edit Message
Edit text messages sent by the bot.
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.
Forward Message
Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
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.).
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.
Get Chat History
Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
7shifts and Telegram, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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