Gather deployment environments for a Canvas discussion
When a discussion raises a deployment question, bring the available Appveyor environments into the follow-up.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Action
Get Environments
Tool to get a list of all deployment environments. use when you need to enumerate available environments before creating deployments.
Why this helps
Answering a deployment question can stall while you leave the discussion to look up which environments exist.
- Retrieve the account's Appveyor deployment environments in response to a new discussion message.
- Summarize options using the question and context provided to Notis.
- Keep environment details close to the discussion follow-up.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Appveyor once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name and prompt.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to retrieve environments and summarize relevant options for a deployment question when the message and supplied context support it.
- 4Pick New Canvas Discussion Message as the trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real discussion message about deployment and a known Appveyor account.
Questions about this workflow
Will this deploy to an environment?
No. The available action lists environments; it does not create or launch a deployment.
Can it answer every discussion question?
This workflow is useful for deployment questions. Provide project or release context in your prompt when the message itself does not include it.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Appveyor. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
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