Turn estimate category decisions into ready-to-use setup
When your team settles on a new way to group estimate line items, capture that decision in Telegram. Notis can create the category in Harvest once its name and purpose are clear.
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 Estimate Item Category
Tool to create a new estimate item category in harvest. use after deciding to categorize line items within an estimate.
Why this helps
Estimate conventions are decided in chat but never make it into the system, so each new estimate starts from scratch.
- Convert a shared estimate convention into a reusable category.
- Reduce repeated setup work for future estimates.
- Confirm the exact category before creating it.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Harvest to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation from the portal or ask Notis to create it in conversation.
- 3Describe in one plain-language instruction when a confirmed Telegram decision should create a Harvest estimate item category.
- 4Choose New Message Received as the trigger and select a channel for reports.
- 5Test with a real approved category name and verify it in Harvest.
Questions about this workflow
What makes a category decision ready?
The message should make clear that the category is approved and include its intended name.
Does this create an estimate too?
No, this workflow creates the estimate item category. Creating an estimate is a separate action.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Harvest. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Harvest actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Client
Tool to create a new client. use after gathering client details to register a new client in harvest.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Client Contact
Tool to create a new client contact. use when you need to add a contact under an existing client. call after you've retrieved or confirmed the client id.
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 Estimate
Tool to create a new estimate. use after gathering client and line item details.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Create Estimate Item Category
Tool to create a new estimate item category in harvest. use after deciding to categorize line items within an estimate.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Create Estimate Message
Tool to create a new message for an estimate. use when you have an estimate id and want to send a message or run an event (send, accept, decline, re-open) on the estimate.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
Create Expense
Tool to create a new expense entry. use when recording costs against projects. ensure either units or total cost is provided.
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 Invoice
Tool to create a new invoice. use when you have gathered all invoice details and need to bill a client in harvest.
Create Invoice Item Category
Tool to create a new invoice item category. use after you have decided on the category name to register it in harvest.
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