Instant Notifications for New Google Drive Files
Stop checking Google Drive manually. Get a Telegram message the moment a new file appears, keeping your team in sync without context-switching.
Trigger
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
Action
Send Message
Send a text message to a telegram chat using the bot api.
Why this helps
Neurodivergent founders often miss new files created by team members because checking Google Drive manually is an extra cognitive task. Without real-time alerts, important documents get overlooked, leading to delayed decisions and rework.
- Stop manually checking Google Drive for new files
- Get instant Telegram alerts instead of searching through folders
- Never miss important documents your team creates
- Reduce context-switching between multiple tools
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Telegram to Notis (one-time setup in the portal).
- 2In the portal or by asking Notis, create a new automation with this prompt: 'Send me a Telegram message whenever a new file is created in Google Drive'.
- 3Pick the trigger: Google Drive File Created event.
- 4Choose which Telegram chat or group receives run reports.
- 5Test by creating a sample file in Google Drive and verify the alert arrives in Telegram within seconds.
Questions about this workflow
Will I get flooded with alerts if my team creates many files?
You can refine the prompt to filter by folder, file type, or naming pattern. Notis understands plain language like 'only alert me about Sheets' or 'skip temporary files'.
Can I send alerts to a specific Telegram group instead of my personal chat?
Yes. When you create the automation, you choose which Telegram channel or group receives notifications. All alerts route to that single location.
What if I don't want alerts for every single file?
Tell Notis your preference in the automation prompt. For example: 'Alert me only when files with specific keywords are created' or 'Exclude draft folders from alerts'.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive triggers
Telegram actions
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Answer Callback Query
Use this method to send answers to callback queries sent from inline keyboards. the answer will be displayed to the user as a notification at the top of the chat screen or as an alert.
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
Delete Message
Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
File Deleted or Trashed
Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.
Edit Message
Edit text messages sent by the bot.
File Shared (Permissions Added)
Triggers when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder. Uses Drive's `changes.list` endpoint with inline `permissions` in the `fields` mask so each change carries the file's current permission set provider-atomically. We diff that against `seen_permission_keys` to identify newly added grants. Drive page tokens are the primary cursor; if Drive rejects a stored token, the trigger raises `PollingTriggerError` without clearing state rather than silently re-baselining and dropping events. Limitation: truly ephemeral permissions (added and revoked between two polls without any other file modification in between) are not detected. Drive Activity API would catch those but requires an additional OAuth scope and a different payload contract.
Export Chat Invite Link
Generate a new primary invite link for a chat; any previously generated primary link is revoked. the bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights.
File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
Forward Message
Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
Get Chat Info
Get up to date information about the chat (current name of the user for one-on-one conversations, current username of a user, group or channel, etc.).
New File Matching Query
Triggers when a new Google Drive file matches a provided query. This is the legacy query-centric trigger: it preserves Drive API query config such as ``corpora`` / ``driveId`` aliases and emits the historical ``file_matching_query`` event type. ``FileCreatedTrigger`` covers the broader "new file" case and emits ``file_created``.
Get Chat Administrators
Get a list of administrators in a chat. on success, returns an array of chatmember objects that contains information about all chat administrators except other bots.
Get Chat History
Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.
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