Reset the BotStar widget during maintenance
Give your chat setup a clean reset at a time you control.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Livechat boot
Tool to reinitialize the live chat widget with provided data. use after initial load to reset or update widget configuration.
Why this helps
Widget drift accumulates when maintenance resets depend on someone remembering them.
- Creates predictable maintenance
- Reduces widget drift
- Keeps resets outside peak support time
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect 1Password and BotStar once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation for the maintenance window.
- 3Tell Notis to reinitialize the BotStar widget using the approved non-secret configuration available for that window.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule and report channel.
- 5Test during one planned maintenance window.
Questions about this workflow
Can the schedule include weekends?
Yes. Choose the recurring maintenance cadence that fits your operating calendar.
What configuration is safe to use?
Use non-secret widget settings and keep credentials out of the prompt and payload.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link 1password to Botstar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
1password triggers
Botstar actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
BotStar LiveChat onClose Callback
Tool to register a callback when the chat window is closed. use after the widget is initialized. example prompt: "register an onclose handler that logs 'goodbye!' to the console."
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get BotStar Application IDs
Tool to retrieve the botstar application id (`appid`). use when initializing or reinitializing the live chat widget.
Livechat boot
Tool to reinitialize the live chat widget with provided data. use after initial load to reset or update widget configuration.
Close BotStar Livechat Widget
Tool to hide the live chat window. use when the chat widget is configured in livechat or popup mode.
Livechat on open
Tool to register a callback when the chat window is opened. use after widget initialization.
Livechat open
Tool to show the live chat window. use after the widget has been bootstrapped with botstarapi('boot') to programmatically open the chat window (mode must be 'livechat' or 'popup').
Livechat update
Tool to update user details on the current live chat session. use when you need to modify user profile attributes during an active conversation.
Get BotStar Webview Parameter
Tool to retrieve a parameter value passed from the botstar chatbot to the webview. use inside onchatbotready after your page loads in modal mode with bs:input meta tags.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
1password and Botstar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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