Get agency context from a quick Telegram question
Mention an agency in a message to your Notis bot. It retrieves Highergov agency information and returns the relevant context for your review.
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
Get Agencies
Tool to retrieve agencies information. Use when you need to list agencies with pagination.
Why this helps
When a buyer's name comes up, finding basic agency context can interrupt deeper work and create another open tab to revisit.
- Answer basic agency research questions from chat.
- Reduce repeated context gathering across potential buyers.
- Keep buyer exploration moving while the question is fresh.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Highergov to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis in plain language.
- 3In a single instruction, ask Notis to retrieve Highergov agency information when you ask about a named government agency.
- 4Select Telegram New Message Received as the trigger and choose a run report channel.
- 5Test with an agency name you are currently researching.
Questions about this workflow
What agency details will I receive?
Notis retrieves agency information available through Highergov and summarizes useful details for the question you asked.
Can it compare multiple agencies?
You can ask for a comparison in your instruction, subject to the agency information Highergov returns.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Highergov. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Highergov actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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New Message Received
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New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
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Callback Query Received
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Get Contracts
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Message Edited
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Get Contract Vehicles
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New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Telegram and Highergov, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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