Schedule a Slack reminder to review Appveyor deployments
Give deployment review a dependable place on the calendar with a Slack reminder to check Appveyor.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create a reminder
Creates a slack reminder with specified text and time; time accepts unix timestamps, seconds from now, or natural language (e.g., 'in 15 minutes', 'every thursday at 2pm').
Why this helps
Deployment checks can be postponed or forgotten when they rely on someone remembering to open the CI dashboard.
- Create a recurring nudge to review deployments.
- Keep the reminder visible in Slack.
- Make deployment checks easier to remember.
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 create a Slack reminder to review Appveyor deployment status and logs.
- 4Choose a recurring Notis schedule trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test it with one real scheduled run.
Questions about this workflow
Does the reminder report deployment status by itself?
No. This workflow creates a reminder to review Appveyor. A scheduled status digest is a separate workflow that can post statuses returned by Appveyor.
Can the schedule repeat?
Yes. Choose a recurring Notis cron schedule when setting up the automation.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Appveyor to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Appveyor triggers
Slack actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Appveyor and Slack, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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