Check Appveyor environments when a release is scheduled
Schedule the release once and get the environment context ready for the team.
Trigger
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
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
New release events are easy to schedule but harder to connect to the right deployment context.
- Create a repeatable release preparation step
- Reduce manual environment lookups
- Give stakeholders a shared pre-release summary
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Appveyor to Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named for new release environment checks.
- 3Tell Notis to retrieve Appveyor environments and summarize deployment considerations for the new event.
- 4Choose New Calendar Event as the trigger and select where reports should go.
- 5Test with one real release event.
Questions about this workflow
What event starts the workflow?
A newly created event in the connected Outlook calendar.
Can it deploy to an environment?
No. The available Appveyor action retrieves environments so you can review options before a deployment.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Outlook to Appveyor. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Outlook 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.
New Contact Added
Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.
Get Projects
Tool to get a list of all projects for the authenticated account. use after authentication to enumerate available projects.
Calendar Event Changes
Triggered when a new calendar event occurs (created, updated, or deleted) in the Outlook calendar.
Get Role
Tool to retrieve details of a specific role. use when you need to inspect permissions and metadata of a role by id.
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
Get Roles
Tool to retrieve all roles in the account. use when you need to enumerate available roles before assigning permissions.
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Get Users
Tool to retrieve all users in the account. use when you need to list all team users in your appveyor account.
New Sent Message
Triggered when a new message is sent from the Outlook mailbox.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Outlook and Appveyor, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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