Launch approved droplets from WhatsApp replies
Turn an explicit interactive approval into the next step for a fully specified droplet request.
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
Create New Droplet
Tool to create a new droplet. use when you need to provision a vm with name, region, size, and image.
Why this helps
A deployment can sit idle after someone approves it in chat because the approval is not carried into provisioning.
- Move approved infrastructure work forward from an interactive reply.
- Keep approval tied to the request context and complete specifications.
- Reduce manual follow-up after a decision is made.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect WhatsApp and DigitalOcean once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a clear name.
- 3Tell Notis to create a droplet only for an affirmative interactive reply linked to a pending request with name, region, size, and image; otherwise ask or report what is missing.
- 4Pick Interactive Reply Received as the trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real approval reply tied to a complete pending droplet request.
Questions about this workflow
Does this workflow send the approval prompt?
No. It starts when a customer taps a button or selects an option from an interactive list message already sent.
What happens if the reply is not an approval?
Instruct Notis to take no provisioning action and report that the reply did not approve the request.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Whatsapp to Digital ocean. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Whatsapp triggers
Digital ocean actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Custom Image
Tool to create a new custom image by providing a url to a linux vm image. use when you need to import a vm image into digitalocean after specifying name, url, distribution, and region.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Database Cluster
Tool to create a new managed database cluster. use when you need to provision a database cluster with name, engine, version, region, size, and number of nodes.
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
Create New Block Storage Volume
Tool to create a new block storage volume. use when you need to provision persistent block storage after confirming the target region supports volumes. example: "create a 100 gib ext4 backup volume named 'db-backup' in nyc1."
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.
Create New Domain
Tool to create a new domain. use when you have the domain name and optionally an ip address to assign an a record.
Interactive Reply Received
Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.
Create Domain Record
Tool to create a new dns record for a domain. use after confirming domain exists and record specifics.
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.
Create New Droplet
Tool to create a new droplet. use when you need to provision a vm with name, region, size, and image.
Create New Firewall
Tool to create a new firewall. use when you need to define a firewall name and custom rules (requires at least one inbound and one outbound rule).
Create New Kubernetes Cluster
Tool to create a new kubernetes cluster. use when you have finalized the cluster name, region, version, and at least one node pool. confirm region supports kubernetes clusters before use.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Whatsapp and Digital ocean, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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