Close Botstar chat after scheduled office hours
End the live chat window on time without another task to remember.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Close BotStar Livechat Widget
Tool to hide the live chat window. use when the chat widget is configured in livechat or popup mode.
Why this helps
Widgets stay open after coverage ends because closing them is easy to forget.
- Respect published support hours
- Reduce after-hours interruptions
- Keep widget state predictable
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Botstar in Notis.
- 2Create a scheduled automation.
- 3Tell Notis to close the Botstar widget at the end of your coverage window.
- 4Choose the schedule and report channel.
- 5Test one scheduled run.
Questions about this workflow
What happens to an active conversation?
The close action hides the live chat window; define any separate follow-up behavior in another automation if needed.
Can this run every weekday?
Yes. Set the recurring schedule that matches your office hours.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Typeform to Botstar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Typeform triggers
Botstar actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
BotStar LiveChat onClose Callback
Tool to register a callback when the chat window is closed. use after the widget is initialized. example prompt: "register an onclose handler that logs 'goodbye!' to the console."
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get BotStar Application IDs
Tool to retrieve the botstar application id (`appid`). use when initializing or reinitializing the live chat widget.
New Form Response
Triggers when a respondent completes and submits the form.
Livechat boot
Tool to reinitialize the live chat widget with provided data. use after initial load to reset or update widget configuration.
Close BotStar Livechat Widget
Tool to hide the live chat window. use when the chat widget is configured in livechat or popup mode.
Livechat on open
Tool to register a callback when the chat window is opened. use after widget initialization.
Livechat open
Tool to show the live chat window. use after the widget has been bootstrapped with botstarapi('boot') to programmatically open the chat window (mode must be 'livechat' or 'popup').
Livechat update
Tool to update user details on the current live chat session. use when you need to modify user profile attributes during an active conversation.
Get BotStar Webview Parameter
Tool to retrieve a parameter value passed from the botstar chatbot to the webview. use inside onchatbotready after your page loads in modal mode with bs:input meta tags.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Typeform and Botstar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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