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Get monitor availability from an Ably request

Ask for uptime context from the same Ably conversation where a service concern came up.

Trigger

Webhook received

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

Action

Get Monitor Availability

Tool to return an availability summary for a specific monitor. use when you need uptime percentage and incident details within an optional date range.

Why this helps

An uptime question can turn into a manual hunt for a monitor ID and its availability history.

  • Retrieve uptime and incident details for a specific monitor.
  • Keep the request and its report close to the Ably conversation.
  • Summarize results for quick review.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Ably and Better Stack once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation named Monitor availability request.
  • 3Tell Notis to retrieve and summarize availability for the monitor ID and optional date range supplied in an incoming Ably event.
  • 4Pick notis_webhook as the trigger and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real monitor ID and date range.

Questions about this workflow

What information does this need?

The incoming request should identify a Better Stack monitor. Include a date range if you want availability for a specific period.

Does this create or resolve an incident?

No. It retrieves an availability summary and can report the returned details.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Ably to Better stack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Ably triggers

Better stack actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Create Escalation Policy

Tool to create a new escalation policy. use when defining how incidents should escalate across team members.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create Heartbeat Group

Tool to create a new heartbeat group. use when you need to organize related heartbeat checks under a single, logical group. example prompt: "create a new heartbeat group named 'backend services'."

ActionInstant

Create Outgoing Webhook Integration

Tool to create a new outgoing webhook integration. use when you need to register an endpoint to receive event notifications from better stack.

ActionInstant

Create Source Group

Tool to create a new source group. use when you have finalized the group name (and optional sort index) and need to organize related log sources under that group.

ActionInstant

Delete Escalation Policy

Tool to delete an escalation policy by id. use when you need to permanently remove an existing escalation policy after confirming its id.

ActionInstant

Delete Source Group

Tool to delete a source group by id. use when you need to permanently remove an existing source group after confirming it is no longer needed.

ActionInstant

Get Heartbeat

Tool to get a single heartbeat by id. use when you need to fetch details of a specific heartbeat.

ActionInstant

Get Heartbeat Availability

Tool to retrieve availability summary for a specific heartbeat. use when you need availability metrics for a heartbeat within an optional date range.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Ably and Better stack, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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