Understand how a Gist changed over time
Send a Gist ID in Telegram to get its commit history and a short explanation of the revision trail.
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
List Gist Commits
Tool to list the commit history of a gist. Use after you have the gist ID to review its revisions.
Why this helps
Without a clear history, it is difficult to tell whether a saved snippet is current or has changed since you last used it.
- See the commit history for a known Gist.
- Restore context before relying on an older snippet.
- Reduce the effort of manually inspecting revision metadata.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Gist to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create the automation in the portal or ask Notis conversationally.
- 3Give a single plain-language instruction to list the commit history and summarize it when you send a Gist ID in Telegram.
- 4Set Telegram New Message Received as the trigger and choose a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with a Gist that has multiple revisions.
Questions about this workflow
Does this retrieve the full contents of every revision?
It lists the commit history. Request a specific revision separately when you need its historical contents.
Can I ask about a specific change?
Include your question in the Telegram request so the summary can focus on the context you need.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Gist. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Gist actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Check Gist Star
Tool to check if a gist is starred. Use when you need to determine if the authenticated user has starred a specific gist.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Delete Gist Comment
Tool to delete a comment on a gist. Use when you have both the gist_id and comment_id and want to remove that comment. Example prompt: "Delete comment 42 from gist 'aa5a315d61ae9438b18d'".
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.
Get Gist
Tool to retrieve a specific gist by its ID. Use when you have a gist_id and need complete gist details.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Get Gist Comment
Tool to get a specific comment on a gist. Use when you need to retrieve details of a particular comment given gist_id and comment_id.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Get Gist Revision
Tool to retrieve a specific gist revision. Use when you need details of a past state for an existing gist by commit SHA.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
List Gist Comments
Tool to list comments on a gist. Use after confirming the gist_id to retrieve comments for a specific gist. Example: 'List comments for gist abc123'.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
List Gist Commits
Tool to list the commit history of a gist. Use after you have the gist ID to review its revisions.
List Gist Forks
Tool to list forks of a gist. Use after obtaining a gist_id to retrieve all forks for the gist.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Telegram and Gist, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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