Get a scheduled check of your device project channels
A small, scheduled channel check can surface activity details without another manual dashboard sweep.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get Channel Details
Retrieves a channel’s status, activity, and occupancy details.
Why this helps
It is easy to forget to inspect real-time channels when device projects are quiet or spread across several workstreams.
- Review channel metadata and occupancy on a routine schedule.
- Receive a concise report of the channel details Ably returns.
- Keep a lightweight check-in on channels associated with device projects.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Ably once in the Notis portal; connect Adafruit IO if you want the automation named and organized with that project context.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it for the channel review.
- 3Tell Notis which Ably channel names to inspect and to summarize only the details returned by Ably.
- 4Choose the notis_cron trigger and set the review schedule.
- 5Choose a report channel, then test with one real channel and review the returned details.
Questions about this workflow
Does this scheduled workflow read Adafruit IO feeds?
No. It uses the scheduled trigger to retrieve Ably channel details. It does not query Adafruit IO feed data.
Can it report channel occupancy?
The Get Channel Details action returns metadata that can include occupancy information, subject to what Ably returns for the channel.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Adafruit IO to Ably. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Adafruit IO triggers
Ably actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Query Batch Presence
Retrieves presence states for members across multiple channels.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Query Batch Presence History
Retrieves presence history for members across multiple channels.
Delete Channel Subscription
Unsubscribes devices or clients from channel push notifications.
Get Channel Details
Retrieves a channel’s status, activity, and occupancy details.
Get Channel History
Retrieves the message history for a channel.
Get Channel Presence
Get the members currently connected and active on a channel.
Get Channel Presence History
Retrieves the presence event history for a channel.
Get Message Versions
Retrieve all historical versions of a channel message, including updates and deletions.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Adafruit IO and Ably, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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