Keep product usability observations together
When someone describes a specific product interaction in Telegram, save the observation in Dovetail for later analysis.
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
Create Data Point
Tool to create a data point within a channel. use after capturing new content to record and classify it in dovetail.
Why this helps
Small usability observations are scattered across conversations and easy to lose before they can guide a fix.
- Preserve what happened during a product interaction.
- Keep usability evidence available for future review.
- Reduce time spent reconstructing observations from chat.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Dovetail to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create the automation in the portal or ask Notis conversationally.
- 3Use one instruction asking Notis to create a Dovetail data point for concrete descriptions of product interactions, including the outcome and relevant context.
- 4Select Telegram New Message Received and set a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with a real usability observation and confirm the record is clear.
Questions about this workflow
What makes an observation concrete?
The instruction can prioritize messages describing what a person tried, what happened, or where they got stuck.
Will general opinions be included?
Specify that the workflow should focus on observable product interactions if that better fits your research.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Dovetail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Dovetail actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Channel
Tool to create a new channel in dovetail. use after confirming channel details.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Contact
Tool to create a new contact in dovetail. use when you need to register a contact before logging interactions.
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 Data Point
Tool to create a data point within a channel. use after capturing new content to record and classify it in dovetail.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Create Insight
Tool to create a new insight in dovetail. use after synthesizing findings when ready to store them. example: "create insight 'q1 user trends' with body '...' for project 'proj 123'."
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Create Topic
Tool to create a new topic in a channel. use after confirming channel id, title, and optional description.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
Delete Channel
Tool to delete an existing channel. use when you need to remove a channel and move it to the project's trash (restorable for 30 days). confirm the channel id before calling.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Delete Topic
Tool to delete an existing topic. use when you have confirmed the topic id and want to move it to trash (restorable for 30 days). example: "delete topic with id 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000."
Get Note
Tool to retrieve details of a specific note. use when you have confirmed the note id and need full note metadata from dovetail.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Telegram and Dovetail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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