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Turn Discord transit questions into instant BART alert checks

Keep route decisions moving by checking live BART advisories as soon as someone asks in Discord.

Trigger

New Discord Message Trigger

Polls a specific Discord channel for new messages.

Action

Get Service Advisories

Tool to fetch current bart service advisories. use when you need up-to-date system-wide or station-level alerts before presenting or planning transit routes.

Why this helps

Transit questions get buried in chat and require a separate search for current disruptions.

  • Responds to delay questions quickly
  • Reduces tab switching
  • Highlights system-wide and station-level advisories

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Discord and Bart in Notis once.
  • 2Create an automation named BART alert check.
  • 3Tell Notis to read each new transit question and summarize matching current BART advisories.
  • 4Choose the Discord new message trigger and a report channel.
  • 5Test with one real delay question.

Questions about this workflow

Can it check alerts for a specific station?

Yes. Ask Notis to focus the advisory summary on the station named in the Discord message.

Does it provide historical delays?

No. This workflow uses current service advisories returned by Bart.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Discord triggers

Bart actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Get BART API Version

Stub action for bart api version retrieval.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Get BART Available Schedules

Tool to retrieve a list of currently released bart schedules. use when you need schedule versioning info.

ActionInstant

New Discord Message Trigger

Polls a specific Discord channel for new messages.

TriggerPolling

Get Route Info

Tool to fetch detailed information about a specific bart route. use when you know the route number (1–12) or need all routes configuration. call after confirming the route id.

ActionInstant

New Member Joined

Triggered when a new member joins a Discord server (guild) you manage.

TriggerPolling

Get BART Stations

Stub action for bart stations retrieval.

ActionInstant

Message Reaction Added

Triggered when a reaction (emoji) is added to a message in a monitored Discord channel.

TriggerPolling

Get GTFS-RT Trip Updates

Tool to fetch real-time trip updates in gtfs-realtime format. use when you need the latest live trip information as raw protobuf.

ActionInstant

New Thread Created

Triggered when a new thread is created in a Discord channel within a monitored server.

TriggerPolling

Download GTFS Static Schedule Feed

Tool to download the static gtfs feed (google transit.zip). use when needing the latest gtfs schedule data.

ActionInstant

Message Edited

Triggered when an existing message in a monitored Discord channel is edited.

TriggerPolling

Get BART Schedule Arrive

Tool to retrieve schedule information based on a specified arrival time. use when planning trips arriving by a given time.

ActionInstant

Get BART Schedule Depart

Tool to get schedule information based on a specified depart time. use when planning trips from an origin to a destination with time constraints after confirming station codes.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Discord and Bart, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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