Look up Appveyor environments in Slack
Keep release planning focused with an environment list retrieved from Appveyor and shared in Slack.
Trigger
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
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
Release conversations stall when someone has to leave Slack to check which deployment environments exist.
- Surfaces available environments during the release discussion.
- Avoids a separate manual lookup in Appveyor.
- Keeps environment names visible to everyone in the channel.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Appveyor to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create a new automation in the portal, or ask Notis conversationally to create it.
- 3Describe in one prompt that environment-list questions in Slack should trigger an Appveyor environment lookup and a short reply.
- 4Select the Slack channel message trigger, choose a channel for run reports, and test with a real environment question.
Questions about this workflow
Does the workflow deploy to an environment?
No. It retrieves the list of available environments; it does not start a deployment.
What should the Slack request say?
Use a clear request for the current Appveyor deployment environment list so Notis can recognize the lookup.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Appveyor. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Appveyor actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Webhook trigger
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Get Environments
Tool to get a list of all deployment environments. use when you need to enumerate available environments before creating deployments.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
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Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
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Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Get Roles
Tool to retrieve all roles in the account. use when you need to enumerate available roles before assigning permissions.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get Users
Tool to retrieve all users in the account. use when you need to list all team users in your appveyor account.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
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