Post Appveyor deployment completions to Slack
Give your team one clear place to see that a deployment finished and how it went.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Post message to channel
Deprecated: posts a message to a slack channel, direct message, or private channel. use `send message` instead.
Why this helps
People can miss a deployment result when updates are buried in CI dashboards or spread across separate conversations.
- Make completed deployments visible to the team.
- Share the status and build context provided by Appveyor.
- Keep deployment coordination in Slack.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Appveyor and Slack once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation from any channel, or in Automations, choose New Automation and enter a name and prompt.
- 3Tell Notis to post a Slack update when a deployment completes, summarizing the result and available build context.
- 4Choose the Notis webhook trigger, then select where run reports should go.
- 5Test it with one real deployment completion event.
Questions about this workflow
Does Appveyor provide a trigger event for this workflow?
No Appveyor trigger event is listed here. Use a Notis webhook and have an HTTP request start the automation with deployment details.
What if the completion event has limited details?
The message can only summarize information returned by Appveyor or supplied in the webhook request.
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