Check node health before validator operations
Before moving on with validator work, ask in Slack and let Notis retrieve the current Beaconchain node health state.
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 Node Health
Tool to get the health status of the node. use when you need to check if the node is ready, syncing, or in an error state.
Why this helps
When operational readiness is unclear, it is easy to pause work while several people independently check the same status.
- Make node status easy to check at the point of need.
- Give the team a shared current health response.
- Reduce duplicated dashboard checks before operations.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Beaconchain to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Ask Notis to create an automation that checks Beaconchain node health when someone asks in a Slack channel whether it is healthy for validator operations and replies with the status.
- 3Select Slack Channel Message Received as the trigger.
- 4Choose where to receive run reports and test with one real operations readiness question.
Questions about this workflow
Does a healthy status guarantee an operation will succeed?
No. The action reports node health status. The workflow should present it as context rather than a guarantee.
Can this run on a schedule?
This workflow runs when the Slack channel message trigger fires.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Beaconchain. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Beaconchain actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Node Health
Tool to get the health status of the node. use when you need to check if the node is ready, syncing, or in an error state.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get Validator
Tool to retrieve information for a specific validator from beaconcha.in api.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
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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