Search Datadog traces from Telegram
Describe the affected request or symptom in Telegram and have Notis search Datadog traces for relevant evidence.
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
Search Traces
Search for traces in datadog apm. this action allows you to search for distributed traces across your services. it's essential for: - finding specific request flows during incident investigation - analyzing performance bottlenecks across services - understanding error propagation through your system - correlating user requests with backend operations traces provide the complete picture of a request as it travels through your distributed system, making them crucial for root cause analysis.
Why this helps
A request-level issue can be hard to investigate when the trace search is a separate task from the original report.
- Begin trace investigation from a symptom report.
- Reduce repetitive navigation between chat and APM tools.
- Keep request context attached to the search.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Datadog to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation with one plain-language prompt describing how to search Datadog traces using Telegram symptom reports.
- 3Select New Message Received as the trigger and choose the run-report channel.
- 4Test with a real request issue that includes a service and approximate time.
Questions about this workflow
What context helps trace search?
Include the affected service, approximate time, and request or symptom details when available.
Can this investigate one trace in detail?
This action searches traces. Datadog also offers a separate action to retrieve details for a specific trace ID.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Datadog. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Datadog actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Dashboard
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Webhook trigger
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Create downtime
Creates a new downtime in datadog to suppress alerts during maintenance windows or planned outages. useful for preventing false alarms during deployments or maintenance.
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 event
Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Create monitor
Creates a new datadog monitor to track metrics, logs, or other data sources with configurable alerting thresholds and notifications.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Create SLO
Create a service level objective (slo) in datadog. slos help you define and track reliability targets for your services, enabling data-driven decisions about service quality and reliability investments.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
Create Synthetic API Test
Create a synthetic api test in datadog. creates a new synthetic api test that continuously monitors api endpoints from multiple locations worldwide. useful for proactive monitoring of api uptime, performance, and functionality.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Create Webhook
Create a webhook in datadog. webhooks enable you to receive notifications from datadog monitors and alerts to external services and applications.
Delete Dashboard
Delete a dashboard in datadog. permanently removes a dashboard from your organization. this action cannot be undone. use with caution.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Telegram and Datadog, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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