Share CircleCI deployment results in Telegram
Get a clear Telegram update when a CircleCI deployment run is ready for your attention.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Send Message
Send a text message to a telegram chat using the bot api.
Why this helps
Checking deployment progress pulls you out of focused work, and important pipeline results can get buried.
- See deployment outcomes in the chat where your team already coordinates.
- Reduce repeated checks of CircleCI pipeline runs.
- Make failed or completed deployments easier to notice.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect CircleCI and Telegram once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Notis by name, prompt, report channel, and trigger.
- 3Tell Notis to summarize a CircleCI deployment result and send it to Telegram.
- 4Choose a Notis webhook trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real deployment example.
Questions about this workflow
Does CircleCI provide a trigger event for this workflow?
No CircleCI trigger events are listed here. Start the automation with a Notis webhook, which begins when an HTTP request reaches it.
What should the Telegram message include?
Ask Notis to include the pipeline outcome and relevant run context available from CircleCI. Do not assume fields CircleCI has not supplied.
Can I send the update to a group chat?
Yes, if the Telegram bot can send messages in that chat and the connection is configured for it.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Circleci to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Circleci 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.
Circleci and Telegram, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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