Make a grocery list from a Telegram meal plan
Send your meal plan in Telegram. Notis turns it into a shareable Instacart shopping list.
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 Shopping List Page
Create a shopping list page on instacart + return shareable url. attempts prod first then falls back to dev; errors from prod bubble up if both fail.
Why this helps
Meal ideas get scattered across chats, leaving you to rebuild the grocery list later.
- Keep meal planning and shopping connected in one quick handoff.
- Reduce the effort of turning several meal ideas into a grocery list.
- Get a shareable list to open when you are ready to shop.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Instacart to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis conversationally for one.
- 3In one plain-language instruction, say to turn each Telegram meal plan into an Instacart shopping list.
- 4Pick Telegram's New Message Received trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test by sending a real meal plan to the bot and checking the returned list link.
Questions about this workflow
What kind of Telegram message can start this workflow?
A new message your bot receives in a private chat or a group it can see. In groups, the bot may need Privacy Mode disabled to receive every message.
Does it place a grocery order?
No. The Instacart action creates a shopping list page and returns its shareable URL.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Instacart. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Instacart actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Recipe Page
Create a recipe page on instacart + return shareable url. attempts prod first then falls back to dev; errors from prod bubble up if both fail.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Shopping List Page
Create a shopping list page on instacart + return shareable url. attempts prod first then falls back to dev; errors from prod bubble up if both fail.
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 Nearby Retailers
Get nearby retailers by postal code + country code. attempts prod first then falls back to dev; errors from prod bubble up if both fail.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Telegram and Instacart, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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