Keep Telegram recipe ideas ready to cook
Send a recipe idea to Telegram and get an Instacart recipe page to come back to.
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 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.
Why this helps
Good recipe ideas vanish into busy chats before they make it into a usable cooking plan.
- Capture a recipe while it is fresh in your mind.
- Keep the cooking idea in a page with a shareable link.
- Avoid hunting through old chat messages when it is time to cook.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Instacart to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create the automation in the portal or ask Notis for it in a conversation.
- 3Tell Notis in one plain-language instruction to make an Instacart recipe page from each recipe idea sent to Telegram.
- 4Choose New Message Received as the Telegram trigger and select a channel for run reports.
- 5Send one real recipe idea to the bot and confirm the recipe page link is returned.
Questions about this workflow
Can I send a recipe idea in a Telegram group?
Yes, if the bot receives the message. To receive every group message, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.
What does the Instacart action return?
It creates a recipe page and returns a shareable URL.
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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.
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