Check Beaconchain Node Health When a Course Topic Opens
A new course topic can prompt a quick node health check, giving you the current readiness or sync status in one report.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
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
New discussion topics add another thing to track, making it easy to overlook a node status check you meant to do.
- Run a node health check when a new discussion topic is created.
- See whether the node is ready, syncing, or in an error state.
- Keep operational status visible in the same automation report.
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 discussion topic is created in this course, check Beaconchain node health and summarize the returned status.
- 4Choose the New Canvas Discussion Topic trigger, then select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real new topic and review the node health result.
Questions about this workflow
Does a new topic cause a Beaconchain change?
No. The node health action reads the status and does not modify the node.
What status does the action return?
It checks whether the node is ready, syncing, or in an error state.
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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.
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