Connect Canvas to Chatbotkit

When something happens in Canvas, Notis takes the next step in Chatbotkit. Describe what you want in plain English, or start from one of the examples below.

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Do this · Action

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Examples

Ways Notis can move work from Canvas to Chatbotkit

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Reply to Student Questions After Grading

Use a new Canvas grade as a cue to reply to the student in Chatbotkit with the bot's course-aware response.

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Acknowledge New Canvas Submissions in Chatbotkit

When a student submits work, send a receipt or next-step message through the relevant Chatbotkit conversation.

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Review Chatbotkit History When Canvas Discussions Move

Use a new Canvas discussion message to fetch paginated Chatbotkit conversation messages for review and context.

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Check Chatbotkit Conversations for New Course Topics

When Canvas creates a discussion topic, list Chatbotkit conversations to identify relevant threads for follow-up.

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Audit Chatbotkit Integrations for a New Canvas Course

When a course is created, list configured Chatbotkit integrations to help review whether support channels are ready.

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Check Chatbotkit Datasets After Course File Uploads

When a Canvas course receives a file, list Chatbotkit datasets so a person can review whether chatbot materials need attention.

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Chatbotkit. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Canvas triggers

Chatbotkit actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Complete Conversation

Tool to send a message to a conversation and receive the bot’s reply. use after retrieving or initiating a conversation id.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create Integration

Tool to create a new integration. use when you need to set up a support channel integration for a bot after collecting the integration details.

ActionInstant

Canvas Assignment Graded

Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.

TriggerPolling

Create Skillset

Tool to create a new skillset. use when you need to group multiple skills into a single reusable unit.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Assignment Submission

Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.

TriggerPolling

List Bots

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of all bots. use when you need to browse or manage multiple bots, and iterate pages via cursor.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Discussion Message

Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.

TriggerPolling

List conversation messages

Tool to list messages in a conversation with pagination. use after obtaining a conversation id to fetch messages page by page.

ActionInstant

New Canvas Discussion Topic

Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.

TriggerPolling

List Conversations

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of conversations. use when you need to page through conversation history.

ActionInstant

New Course Created for User

Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.

TriggerPolling

List Datasets

Tool to list datasets. use when you need to browse or paginate through available datasets.

ActionInstant

New Canvas File Upload

Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.

TriggerPolling

List Integrations

Tool to retrieve a list of trigger integrations. use when you need to browse or manage configured trigger integrations and iterate pages via cursor.

ActionInstant

Trigger Types

Four ways to start an automation.

A trigger is the event that kicks a workflow off. Notis supports four kinds: an event in a connected app, an inbound webhook, a recurring schedule, and soon, your own database.

Integration triggers

Fire when something happens inside a connected app. New Notion page, Stripe charge, Linear issue: any of 1,000+ apps can start a workflow.

New Notion pageStripe chargeCalendar event

Webhook triggers

A unique URL per workflow. Anything that can send an HTTP POST can start an automation, including no-code tools that speak webhooks.

Any HTTP POSTCustom backendIoT event

Works with

ZapierPipedream

Most used

Recurring triggers

Cron-style schedules run a workflow on the clock. Daily standups, hourly syncs, business-hours-only digests: the workhorse of Notis.

Daily · 8:00HourlyWeekdays only

Coming soon

Database triggers

Watch a row, query, or threshold in your own database and fire the moment the data changes. Row inserted, value crosses a limit, query starts matching.

Row insertedValue > limitQuery match

Why AI automation

Classic automation breaks. AI adapts.

Same triggers and actions, smarter middle. AI handles the fuzziness that breaks traditional Zapier-style workflows the moment a field gets renamed.

Classic automationAI automation

Cost

$ · pay per run

$$ · AI models per run

Reliability

Breaks on schema change

Adapts to format changes

Setup

Click 8 dropdowns

Describe it in English

Handles fuzzy

Hard-coded fields only

Reads intent, summarises

Human in loop

Bolted on

Built in · approval inbox

Maintenance

You own every break

Self-heals · we own it

Ease of use

Describe it. Notis builds it.

Skip the visual builder. Tell Notis what you want, in plain English. It writes the workflow, you review and deploy.

You · in the Notis Builder

NEW

“When a row gets added to the Q4 OKRs Notion database and the status is Blocked, send a Telegram message to the owner with a summary of what's blocking, and ping me if there's no reply within 24 hours.”

Notis built this automation:

TriggerRow added to "Q4 OKRs"

Condition✦Status = "Blocked"

AI step✦Summarise the blocker in plain English

ActionDM the row owner with summary

Timeout✦No reply in 24h → ping you

Observability

Watch every run.

Notis Desktop is Mission Control for your AI automations. See every run, replay, edit, or rewind. Set approval gates so Notis pauses before destructive actions.