Get Daily Digests of Box Activity
Box moves constantly. A daily Telegram digest keeps you aware of what happened while you focused on other work.
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
Important Box activity (files, comments, tasks) happens while you're in deep work. You catch up late and miss context on decisions or updates.
- Stay informed without constant Box checks
- Catch important activity in one message
- Schedule digests for your peak focus time
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Box and Telegram to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: 'Every weekday at 9am, send me a Telegram summary of Box activity from the last 24 hours, including new files, comments, task changes, and collaborations.'
- 3Select 'notis_cron' and set your preferred delivery time.
- 4Configure the Box folders or items to include in the summary.
- 5Test by running the automation manually and reviewing the Telegram summary.
Questions about this workflow
Can I customize what's included in the digest?
Yes. Tell Notis which types of activity matter most (files vs. tasks vs. comments) and it will tailor the summary.
Can I set it to weekends too?
Absolutely. Choose any days and times that fit your schedule.
What if there's no activity?
Notis will still send a message confirming no activity occurred, so you know the automation ran.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Box to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Box triggers
Telegram actions
Collaboration Details Changed
Triggers when a collaboration's details change (e.g., role, status, expiration). This trigger monitors a specific collaboration and detects when any meaningful field changes, such as role, status, expiration date, access type, or acknowledgment status.
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.
Comment Changed
Triggers when a comment's content or details change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box comment and detects when any meaningful field changes, such as message text edits, tagged message changes, or modification timestamp updates.
Delete Message
Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
New File Comment Added
Triggers when a new comment is added to a file in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when new comments are detected.
Edit Message
Edit text messages sent by the bot.
File Metadata Changed
Triggers when a file's metadata or properties change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when changes are detected in key fields like name, description, size, modification time, parent folder, or status.
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.
File Shared Link Changed
Triggers when a file's shared link settings change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file's shared link and fires when changes are detected in the shared link configuration, such as access level, permissions, password protection, expiration date, or vanity URL.
Forward Message
Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
New File Version Uploaded
Triggers when a new file version is uploaded to a file in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when new versions are detected.
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.).
New Item Added to Folder
Triggers when a new item (file, folder, or web link) is added to a folder in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box folder and fires when new items are detected.
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.
Folder Properties Changed
Triggers when a folder's core properties change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box folder and fires when changes are detected in properties like name, description, modification time, parent folder, item status, or shared link settings.
Get Chat History
Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.
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