Check calendar availability without leaving Telegram
Before offering a time, ask Notis to check Cal availability and get a clear free-or-busy answer in chat.
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
Check calendar availability
Retrieves free/busy availability for a specified calendar to aid scheduling without revealing event details; requires an existing, accessible calendar, noting that data granularity can vary.
Why this helps
Switching between chat and calendar to confirm a possible meeting time adds friction to every scheduling conversation.
- Check availability in the conversation where plans are made
- See free and busy time without event details
- Avoid proposing times that are already occupied
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Cal to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal, or describe the availability check to Notis conversationally.
- 3Write one plain-language instruction to check Cal free and busy time when a Telegram message asks about a calendar window.
- 4Choose the Telegram message trigger, select a channel for run reports, and test with a real date and time range.
Questions about this workflow
Will the check show private event titles?
No. Cal's availability action retrieves free and busy information without revealing event details.
What should I include in the request?
Mention the calendar and the date or time range you want checked.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Cal. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Cal actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add member to team
Adds a new member to a specified team within an organization by creating a team membership.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Add organization attribute option
Adds a new option to an organization's attribute, requiring a display `value` and a `slug` unique for that attribute.
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 oauth client webhook
Permanently deletes a specific webhook subscription of an oauth client in the cal application, stopping its notifications.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Cancel booking via uid
Cancels an existing and active cal.com booking using its unique identifier (uid).
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Check calendar availability
Retrieves free/busy availability for a specified calendar to aid scheduling without revealing event details; requires an existing, accessible calendar, noting that data granularity can vary.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
Check gcal synchronization status
Call this read-only action to verify the connection and synchronization status of a user's google calendar integration with cal.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Check ics feed calendar endpoint
Checks an ics feed url (expected as a query parameter) to verify its validity, accessibility, and icalendar data integrity.
Check Stripe status
Verifies if stripe is correctly connected to the cal scheduling system and functional for processing payments, reporting only on the integration's status.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Telegram and Cal, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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