Start competitor research from a Telegram message
Drop a competitor link into Telegram. Notis starts the configured Apify Actor so research begins while you stay in your current conversation.
Trigger
New Message Received
Triggered when your bot receives a new message in a private chat, group, or supergroup. To receive every message in a group, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.
Action
Run Actor Asynchronously
Tool to run a specific actor asynchronously. use when you need to trigger an actor run without waiting for completion and retrieve its run details immediately.
Why this helps
Opening a separate research tool and remembering to start a scan adds friction to competitor tracking.
- Start a scan from the chat where you found the competitor.
- Keep the research request attached to its original context.
- Reduce the chance that an interesting lead gets lost before review.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Apify to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis to create one conversationally.
- 3In one plain-language instruction, tell Notis to run your chosen competitor research Actor using the link in each new Telegram message.
- 4Pick New Message Received as the trigger and choose a channel for run reports.
- 5Test by sending one public competitor URL to the bot.
Questions about this workflow
Does this workflow build a new scraper?
No. It runs an existing Apify Actor that you identify in your instruction.
Can I send the link in a group?
Yes, if the bot can receive the message. To receive every group message, disable Privacy Mode for the bot in BotFather.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Apify. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Apify actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Actor
Tool to create a new actor with specified configuration. use when you need to initialize a fresh actor programmatically before publishing or running it.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Dataset
Tool to create a new dataset. use when you need to initialize or retrieve a dataset by name.
New Message Received
Triggered when your bot receives a new message in a private chat, group, or supergroup. To receive every message in a group, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.
Create Actor Task
Tool to create a new actor task with specified settings. use when you need to configure or schedule recurring actor runs programmatically.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Create Task Webhook
Tool to create a webhook for an actor task. use when you need external notifications about task run events (e.g., completion or failure) in downstream systems.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Delete Actor
Tool to delete an actor permanently. use when you need to remove an actor by its id or username~actorname. confirm before calling.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
Delete Webhook
Tool to delete a webhook by its id. use when removing a webhook after confirming the webhook id.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Get Actor Details
Tool to get details of a specific actor. use when you need actor metadata by id or username/actorname.
Get all webhooks
Tool to get a list of all webhooks created by the user. use when you need to enumerate webhooks before filtering or maintenance.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Telegram and Apify, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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