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Connect Notion and Telegram

Notion holds the plan; Telegram is where your team actually reads messages. FlowMattic links them through your own bot. New items and status changes in a Notion database are posted to a group or a person, and messages sent to the bot become Notion items or page lookups. For small teams, creators and communities that run on both.

3 triggers 18 actions 7 example workflows 2 ready-made templates Unlimited runs

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When this happens in Notion2 triggers

Do this in Telegram11 actions

1. TriggerNew Database Item
2. ActionSend a Text Message

When Notion fires New Database Item, FlowMattic runs Send a Text Message in Telegram with the data from that event.

You build this in the FlowMattic workflow builder on your own site. See the setup steps

Notion and Telegram workflows you can build

Each one uses only triggers and actions the two integrations ship today, plus FlowMattic's own tools. Where the library has a ready-made template, import it instead of building from scratch.

Notion app icon Telegram app icon

Post new Notion database items to a Telegram group

Requests, leads or ideas added to a database appear in the team's group with the title, owner and link, so nobody has to watch Notion for new entries.

New Database ItemSend a Text Message

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Message the assignee when a task changes status

A Filter keeps status changes, and a Lookup Table turns the Notion assignee into their Telegram chat ID, so each person hears about their own tasks.

Updated Database ItemFilterLookup TableSend a Text Message

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Capture ideas in Notion by messaging the bot

Send the bot a quick note from your phone and it becomes an item in your ideas database, tagged with who sent it and when.

Set Webhook / Watch UpdatesFilterCreate Database Item

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Ask the bot for a Notion page by its title

Someone types the name of a guide or policy to the bot. Find Page (By Title) looks it up and the bot replies with the link, which turns the wiki into a chat lookup.

Set Webhook / Watch UpdatesFind Page (By Title)Send a Text Message

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Announce published content in a Telegram channel

When an item in the content calendar moves to Published, the channel gets the cover image and caption with the link, so followers see new posts from one place.

Updated Database ItemFilterSend Photo

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Send each morning's due tasks to the group

A Schedule runs Find Database Item for tasks due today and the group gets one message listing them, a simple stand-up for teams that do not meet.

ScheduleFind Database ItemSend a Text Message

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Run a Telegram poll on items that need a decision

Ticking a Needs vote checkbox on a Notion item sends a poll to the group with the item title and your options, so decisions happen without a meeting.

Updated Database ItemFilterSend Poll

Set up: new items posted to Telegram

Once done, each item added to your Notion database is posted by your bot to the group you choose.

  1. Create a bot

    Create a Telegram bot with BotFather, add it to your group and keep the bot token.

  2. Connect both apps

    Under Connects in FlowMattic, add the Telegram bot token and a Notion connection, then share the database with the Notion connection inside Notion.

  3. Start with New Database Item

    Create a workflow with this Notion trigger, choose the database and add a test item to capture its properties.

  4. Send the message

    Add Telegram Send a Text Message, enter the group's chat ID, build the text from the item's title, owner and link, test it and switch the workflow on.

Post new Notion database items to a Telegram group
  1. Notion app icon 1. Trigger in Notion New Database Item
  2. Telegram app icon 2. Action in Telegram Send a Text Message

    Fields mapped from the earlier steps (a typical setup)

    From NotionTo Telegram
    Item titleMessage: title
    Owner propertyMessage: owner
    Status propertyMessage: status
    Item URLMessage: link
Built on the FlowMattic canvas. Test each step with real data, then switch the workflow on.

Triggers and actions in this pair

A trigger starts a workflow. An action is something FlowMattic does in the app as a step.

Good to know

  • Updated Database Item runs on any change to an item. Filter on the property you care about, such as Status, or the group gets a message for every edit.
  • Set Webhook / Watch Updates receives every message the bot can see. Filter on the chat or sender so strangers cannot add items to your database.
  • Notion only lets the connection see databases shared with it, so share each database you use before picking it in a step.

Triggers (2)

  • New Database ItemTriggers when a new item is created in a database
  • Updated Database ItemTriggers when an item in a selected database is updated

Actions (7)

  • Create Database ItemCreates an item in a database
  • Update Database ItemUpdates a database item
  • Get Database DetailsGet details of a specific database
  • Find Database ItemSearches for an item in a database by property
  • Create PageCreates a Page inside a parent page
  • Find Page (By Title)Searches for a page by title
  • Create Comment on pageCreate a new text comment on any given page

Triggers (1)

  • Set Webhook / Watch UpdatesTriggers when there's an update available for the bot

Actions (11)

  • Send a Text MessageSends a text message with support to markup
  • Send PhotoSend a photo/image to your chat
  • Send an Audio FileSend any audio file with URL to your chat
  • Send a DocumentSend document file to your chat
  • Send a VideoSend video file with URL to your chat
  • Send ContactSend contact to your chat
  • Send PollSend a new poll to your chat
  • Create Invite LinkCreate an invite link for a group chat
  • Revoke Invite LinkRevoke an invite link for a group chat
  • Ban UserBan a user from a group chat
  • Unban UserUnban a user from a group chat

Why run this pair with FlowMattic

Notion and Telegram connect through FlowMattic on your own site, with no separate automation account in the middle and no charge per run.

Your bot, your server

Messages and Notion content pass through your own WordPress site and your own bot, not a shared automation account.

Chatty databases cost the same

Runs are unlimited, so posting every new item and status change adds nothing to the bill.

Works in both directions

Notion changes can post to Telegram, and messages to the bot can create items or look pages up in Notion.

Common questions

How do I get Notion notifications in Telegram?

Create a Telegram bot, add its token and your Notion account under Connects, then build a workflow with Notion New Database Item or Updated Database Item followed by Telegram Send a Text Message to your chat ID.

Can I add to Notion from Telegram?

Yes. Start with Set Webhook / Watch Updates so messages to your bot start the workflow, then use Create Database Item with the message text as the title.

How do I find a group's chat ID?

Add the bot to the group and send a message there. The Watch Updates trigger captures it, and the chat ID is in the captured data.

Can the bot post to a Telegram channel?

Yes, once the bot is an admin of the channel. Use the channel's chat ID or username in Send a Text Message or Send Photo.

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Reviewed 27 Oct 2026. The example workflows are written with AI from the real triggers and actions of both integrations and checked against them. Notion integration 2.0.1, Telegram integration 2.0.