Find a meeting time with a Telegram poll
Turn a set of candidate times into a Telegram poll. Collect preferences in the group, then use the result to coordinate the meeting in Cal.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Send Poll
Send a native poll to a telegram chat using the bot api.
Why this helps
Finding a time that works for everyone can turn into a long thread of messages and manual tallying.
- Collect preferences in a familiar group chat.
- Present candidate times in one poll.
- Leave the final scheduling decision with you.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Cal and Telegram once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, or tell Notis in plain language from any channel.
- 3Ask Notis to create a Telegram poll from the candidate meeting times supplied for the run.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real set of candidate times and review the poll options.
Questions about this workflow
Will this poll automatically book the winning time in Cal?
No. The Telegram poll collects preferences. You can use its result to coordinate in Cal.
Where do candidate times come from?
They must be supplied to the run. The workflow does not claim that Cal provides a trigger or availability data for the poll.
Why use a scheduled trigger?
Cal has no trigger events listed here. A schedule can start the run when you are ready to poll, provided the candidate times are available.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Cal to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Cal triggers
Telegram actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Delete Message
Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
Edit Message
Edit text messages sent by the bot.
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.
Forward Message
Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
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.).
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.
Get Chat History
Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Cal and Telegram, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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