Create onboarding dashboards for new Discord members
Give new teammates a useful observability starting point automatically.
Trigger
New Member Joined
Triggered when a new member joins a Discord server (guild) you manage.
Action
Create Dashboard
Create a dashboard in datadog. dashboards provide customizable visualizations for monitoring your infrastructure, applications, and business metrics in a unified view.
Why this helps
New engineers spend their first days hunting for the dashboards relevant to their work.
- Shortens observability onboarding
- Creates a consistent starting view
- Makes ownership areas easier to understand
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Discord and Datadog once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation describing the dashboard scope and the onboarding context to use from the member event.
- 3Pick New Member Joined for the engineering server.
- 4Choose where Notis should report the created dashboard.
- 5Test with one real member join.
Questions about this workflow
Can the dashboard scope depend on the member's introduction?
Yes. Ask Notis to use role or team details when they are present, and flag them when absent.
Does this replace existing dashboards?
No. It creates a new dashboard according to your instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Discord to Datadog. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Discord triggers
Datadog actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Dashboard
Create a dashboard in datadog. dashboards provide customizable visualizations for monitoring your infrastructure, applications, and business metrics in a unified view.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create downtime
Creates a new downtime in datadog to suppress alerts during maintenance windows or planned outages. useful for preventing false alarms during deployments or maintenance.
New Discord Message Trigger
Polls a specific Discord channel for new messages.
Create event
Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.
New Member Joined
Triggered when a new member joins a Discord server (guild) you manage.
Create monitor
Creates a new datadog monitor to track metrics, logs, or other data sources with configurable alerting thresholds and notifications.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction (emoji) is added to a message in a monitored Discord channel.
Create SLO
Create a service level objective (slo) in datadog. slos help you define and track reliability targets for your services, enabling data-driven decisions about service quality and reliability investments.
New Thread Created
Triggered when a new thread is created in a Discord channel within a monitored server.
Create Synthetic API Test
Create a synthetic api test in datadog. creates a new synthetic api test that continuously monitors api endpoints from multiple locations worldwide. useful for proactive monitoring of api uptime, performance, and functionality.
Message Edited
Triggered when an existing message in a monitored Discord channel is edited.
Create Webhook
Create a webhook in datadog. webhooks enable you to receive notifications from datadog monitors and alerts to external services and applications.
Delete Dashboard
Delete a dashboard in datadog. permanently removes a dashboard from your organization. this action cannot be undone. use with caution.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Discord and Datadog, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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