Retrieve Appveyor build artifacts from a Slack channel request
Build outputs should be easy to find when someone asks. Let Notis fetch the available artifacts from Appveyor.
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 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.
Why this helps
Artifact requests get buried in channels while engineers search manually for the right build job.
- Shorten time from request to downloadable artifact list
- Keep artifact lookup in the channel where context already exists
- Summarize missing or unavailable outputs clearly
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slackbot and Appveyor in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named channel artifact lookup.
- 3Describe that Notis should identify the referenced Appveyor build job, retrieve its artifacts, and reply with a concise summary.
- 4Pick Slackbot Channel Message Received as the trigger and choose the report channel.
- 5Test with one real Slack message that names a build job.
Questions about this workflow
What if the message does not identify a build job?
Notis can ask for the missing job reference instead of guessing.
Can this upload artifacts back to Slack?
The workflow retrieves and summarizes artifacts. Any returned links can be included in the report if Appveyor provides them.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slackbot to Appveyor. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slackbot 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
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New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Get Projects
Tool to get a list of all projects for the authenticated account. use after authentication to enumerate available projects.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Get Role
Tool to retrieve details of a specific role. use when you need to inspect permissions and metadata of a role by id.
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slackbot and Appveyor, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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