Check Node Readiness When a Canvas Submission Arrives
Use a new submission as a cue to check whether your Beaconchain node is ready, syncing, or reporting an error.
Trigger
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Action
Get Node Health
Tool to get the health status of the node. use when you need to check if the node is ready, syncing, or in an error state.
Why this helps
A node issue can be easy to miss when attention is on a stream of new course submissions.
- Check the node health status when a submission arrives.
- Surface ready, syncing, or error states in the run report.
- Keep a lightweight operational check near an existing work event.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Beaconchain once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a clear name.
- 3Tell Notis: When a new submission arrives for this assignment, check Beaconchain node health and summarize whether it is ready, syncing, or in an error state.
- 4Choose the New Canvas Assignment Submission trigger, then select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real submission and review the returned node health status.
Questions about this workflow
Does this check a specific validator?
No. This workflow uses the node health action, which reports the node readiness, syncing, or error state.
Will it restart or repair the node?
No. The available action checks node health and does not change node operation.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Beaconchain. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Beaconchain actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Node Health
Tool to get the health status of the node. use when you need to check if the node is ready, syncing, or in an error state.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get Validator
Tool to retrieve information for a specific validator from beaconcha.in api.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and Beaconchain, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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