Track new Telegram community members in Bubble
When someone joins your Telegram group, give your onboarding process a Bubble record to start from.
Trigger
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Action
Create Thing
Tool to create a new Thing. Use when providing a complete JSON payload to add a new record.
Why this helps
New community members can join quietly without being added to a welcome or onboarding process.
- Make new arrivals visible to the person responsible for welcoming them.
- Create a consistent start to member onboarding.
- Reduce reliance on noticing a join notification in time.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Bubble to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or conversationally with Notis.
- 3Use one instruction to create a Bubble onboarding record when a person joins, preserving the member details Telegram provides.
- 4Choose New Chat Member and a channel for run reports.
- 5Add a test member or use a suitable real join event and verify the record in Bubble.
Questions about this workflow
Does the trigger include the bot joining?
Yes. Telegram's New Chat Member event can include a new human member or the bot itself being added.
Can I use this for a private community?
Yes, if the bot belongs to the group or supergroup and can receive the join event.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Bubble. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Bubble actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Bulk Create Things
Tool to bulk create multiple Things in Bubble via newline-separated JSON. Use when you need to insert many records at once. Must have Create via API permission.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Thing
Tool to create a new Thing. Use when providing a complete JSON payload to add a new record.
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.
Delete Thing By ID
Tool to delete a Bubble Thing by its unique ID. Use when you need to remove a specific record via the Bubble Data API.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Get Thing By ID
Retrieves a single Thing (record) from a Bubble Data Type by its unique ID. This is a read-only operation that fetches complete details of a specific record. The response includes all custom fields defined in the Data Type, plus standard Bubble fields (_id, created_by, created_date, modified_date). Use when you need to: - Fetch details of a specific record you know the ID of - Verify a record exists - Get the latest field values for a Thing Note: Requires the Data API to be enabled in your Bubble app settings and the specific Data Type to be exposed via the API.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Patch Thing By ID
Tool to modify selected fields on a Thing by its unique ID. Use after confirming the Thing exists.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
Replace Thing by ID
Tool to replace all editable fields on a Thing by its Unique ID. Use when you need a full overwrite of a Thing's fields and reset omitted fields to default.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Download File
Tool to download a file given its URL. Use when you need to retrieve file content and obtain an s3key for subsequent upload tests.
Create Temp File
Tool to upload bytes as a temporary file to Cloudflare R2 and return an S3 key. Use when you need a short-lived file reference before persisting it in a Thing.
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