Find available Bonsai spaces from a Slack request
Turn a region question in Slack into a quick check of Bonsai's available spaces.
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
List Bonsai Spaces
Tool to retrieve a list of all available spaces. use when you need to see the server groups and geographic regions available to your account.
Why this helps
Region and server-group questions can interrupt focused work while someone searches for account details.
- Get current space options in response to a team question.
- Keep infrastructure research close to the conversation that prompted it.
- Reduce repeated manual checks.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Bonsai to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation and describe in plain language that it should retrieve Bonsai spaces when a channel asks about available regions.
- 3Select the Slack channel message trigger.
- 4Choose where Notis should report runs, then test with one real region question.
Questions about this workflow
Will this provision a Bonsai cluster?
No. The available action retrieves a list of spaces; it does not provision infrastructure.
Does it trigger on direct messages?
No. This workflow uses the channel message trigger, which does not match direct messages.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Bonsai. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Bonsai actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Bonsai Cluster Details
Tool to retrieve details for a single bonsai cluster by slug. use when you need to inspect a cluster's configuration and status.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
List Bonsai Spaces
Tool to retrieve a list of all available spaces. use when you need to see the server groups and geographic regions available to your account.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Retrieve Space Details
Tool to retrieve details for a single space by its path. use when you need metadata for a space before provisioning a cluster. use after confirming this detail exists. e.g., 'omc/bonsai/us-east-1/common'.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
List Spaces
Tool to retrieve a list of all available spaces. use when you need to see the server groups and geographic regions available for your account.
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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