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Pause after a WhatsApp button or list reply

When a customer taps a quick reply or selects a list option, start a pause.

Trigger

Interactive Reply Received

Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.

Action

Sleep

Sleep

Why this helps

A selected WhatsApp option can trigger a wait, but Bench Sleep cannot record, compare, or report benchmark performance.

  • Starts a pause from a customer's interactive reply

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect WhatsApp and Bench in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, then New Automation.
  • 3Describe the pause you want in one plain-language instruction.
  • 4Choose Interactive Reply Received as the trigger and select where run reports go.
  • 5Test with one real example.

Questions about this workflow

Which replies trigger this?

A customer tapping a quick-reply button or selecting an option from an interactive list message you sent.

Will this create a comparative report in Bench?

No. The listed Bench action is Sleep, which only provides a pause.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Whatsapp to Bench. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Whatsapp triggers

Bench actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Sleep

Sleep

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Message Status Updated

Triggers when a WhatsApp message status changes. IMPORTANT LIMITATION: WhatsApp Cloud API does not provide a native polling endpoint for message status. Status updates are ONLY delivered via webhooks in real-time. This trigger cannot directly poll the WhatsApp API for status updates. This trigger will return empty results as WhatsApp does not support this operation. To track message status updates, you must: 1. Set up a webhook endpoint to receive status notifications from WhatsApp 2. Store the webhook data in your own database 3. Use a different mechanism to query your stored webhook data For more information, see: - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/webhooks

TriggerPolling

New Message Received

Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.

TriggerInstant

Interactive Reply Received

Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.

TriggerInstant

Message Template Status Update

Triggered when the review status of a WhatsApp message template changes — for example approved, rejected, or flagged — on your WhatsApp Business Account.

TriggerInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Whatsapp and Bench, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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