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Follow up on quiet Adafruit IO feeds in Telegram

Get a scheduled nudge about feeds that may need a check, with the expected cadence stated up front.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

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

Action

Send Message

Send a text message to a telegram chat using the bot api.

Why this helps

A feed that stopped updating can go unnoticed when there is no regular review routine.

  • Review feed history on a regular schedule.
  • Use your expected cadence instead of an invented freshness rule.
  • Receive one concise follow-up list in Telegram.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Adafruit IO and Telegram to Notis once in the portal.
  • 2Create a new automation in Notis and name it for quiet feed checks.
  • 3In one instruction, specify the feeds and expected update cadence, then ask Notis to report apparent gaps.
  • 4Choose a recurring schedule and select where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real feed example and confirm the history and cadence are available.

Questions about this workflow

How does Notis know a feed is quiet?

The review needs accessible feed history and an expected update cadence. Provide the cadence if it is not otherwise available.

Does a quiet period prove a device is offline?

No. The message should describe an apparent lack of updates and leave diagnosis to you.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Adafruit IO to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Adafruit IO triggers

Telegram actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

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.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Delete Message

Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.

ActionInstant

Edit Message

Edit text messages sent by the bot.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Forward Message

Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.

ActionInstant

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.).

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Get Chat History

Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Adafruit IO and Telegram, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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