Check who is present in the deal-room channel
See whether the relevant Ably channel has active members before your review.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get Channel Presence
Get the members currently connected and active on a channel.
Why this helps
Teams can start a coordination conversation without knowing whether the people involved are currently connected.
- Check current presence for a specified channel before a review.
- Include the presence result alongside relevant Affinity context.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Affinity and Ably once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation and ask Notis to review relevant Affinity context and retrieve presence for a specified Ably channel.
- 3Pick a recurring schedule that suits your review.
- 4Choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real run and a known channel.
Questions about this workflow
Does presence show who will attend a meeting?
No. It reports current channel presence and does not establish meeting attendance.
Can I check several channels?
This action checks one specified channel; use a batch presence action if you need multiple channels.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Affinity to Ably. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Affinity 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.
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Affinity and Ably, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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