Check Appveyor environments from a runbook comment
When someone asks about deployment destinations in a Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides comment, Notis can fetch the current Appveyor environment list for a focused follow-up.
Trigger
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Action
Get Environments
Tool to get a list of all deployment environments. use when you need to enumerate available environments before creating deployments.
Why this helps
Environment questions in shared runbooks can stall while someone switches apps to look up the available destinations.
- Use a real Drive comment as the prompt for a timely lookup.
- Get the current list of environments from Appveyor.
- Keep run reports with the discussion that prompted the question.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Appveyor once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis to retrieve the Appveyor environments when a deployment environment question is raised in a Drive comment, then summarize the available names in the run report.
- 4Pick the Comment Added trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real comment and check that the report provides useful context.
Questions about this workflow
Which Drive comments can start this workflow?
The trigger starts when a new comment is added to a Google Doc, Sheet, or Slide.
Will Notis create or change an Appveyor environment?
No. The available action lists environments; it does not create or update them.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Appveyor. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive triggers
Appveyor actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Build Artifacts
Tool to get the list of artifacts for a specific build job. use when you need to retrieve artifacts after a job completes.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get Environments
Tool to get a list of all deployment environments. use when you need to enumerate available environments before creating deployments.
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Get Projects
Tool to get a list of all projects for the authenticated account. use after authentication to enumerate available projects.
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
Get Role
Tool to retrieve details of a specific role. use when you need to inspect permissions and metadata of a role by id.
File Deleted or Trashed
Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.
Get Roles
Tool to retrieve all roles in the account. use when you need to enumerate available roles before assigning permissions.
File Shared (Permissions Added)
Triggers when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder. Uses Drive's `changes.list` endpoint with inline `permissions` in the `fields` mask so each change carries the file's current permission set provider-atomically. We diff that against `seen_permission_keys` to identify newly added grants. Drive page tokens are the primary cursor; if Drive rejects a stored token, the trigger raises `PollingTriggerError` without clearing state rather than silently re-baselining and dropping events. Limitation: truly ephemeral permissions (added and revoked between two polls without any other file modification in between) are not detected. Drive Activity API would catch those but requires an additional OAuth scope and a different payload contract.
Get Users
Tool to retrieve all users in the account. use when you need to list all team users in your appveyor account.
File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Google Drive and Appveyor, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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