diff --git a/.github/workflows/network-explorer.yml b/.github/workflows/network-explorer.yml
index d187888708..97ebdfcbf0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/network-explorer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/network-explorer.yml
@@ -40,23 +40,19 @@ jobs:
         REMOTE_USER: ${{ secrets.CI_WWW_REMOTE_USER }}
         TARGET: ${{ secrets.CI_WWW_REMOTE_TARGET }}/${{ env.GITHUB_REF_SLUG }}
         EXCLUDE: "/dist/, /node_modules/"
-    - name: Setup message creation
-      run: npm install -g hbs-cli
-    - name: Setup message data
-      run: |
-        echo "{ \"github\": ${{ toJSON(github) }}, \"env\": ${{ toJSON(env) }}, \"secrets\": { \"NYM_CI_WWW_BASE\": \"${{ secrets.NYM_CI_WWW_BASE }}\" } }" > message_data.json
-    - name: Create success message
-      if: ${{ success() }}
-      run: hbs --data message_data.json --stdout .github/workflows/support-files/messages/success > message.txt
-    - name: Create failure message
-      if: ${{ failure() }}
-      run: hbs --data message_data.json --stdout .github/workflows/support-files/messages/failure > message.txt
-    - name: Keybase Notification
-      uses: docker://keybaseio/client:stable
+    - name: Keybase - Node Install
+      run: npm install
+      working-directory: .github/workflows/support-files/messages
+    - name: Keybase - Send Notification
       env:
-        KEYBASE_USERNAME: "${{ secrets.KEYBASE_NYMBOT_USERNAME }}"
-        KEYBASE_PAPERKEY: "${{ secrets.KEYBASE_NYMBOT_PAPERKEY }}"
-        KEYBASE_SERVICE: "1"
+        NYM_PROJECT_NAME: "Network Explorer"
+        NYM_CI_WWW_BASE: "${{ secrets.NYM_CI_WWW_BASE }}"
+        GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE: "${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}"
+        GIT_BRANCH: "${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
+        KEYBASE_NYMBOT_USERNAME: "${{ secrets.KEYBASE_NYMBOT_USERNAME }}"
+        KEYBASE_NYMBOT_PAPERKEY: "${{ secrets.KEYBASE_NYMBOT_PAPERKEY }}"
+        KEYBASE_NYMBOT_TEAM: "${{ secrets.KEYBASE_NYMBOT_TEAM }}"
+        IS_SUCCESS: "${{ job.status == 'success' }}"
+      uses: docker://keybaseio/client:stable-node
       with:
-        args: |
-          cat message.txt | keybase chat send --channel "#dev-product-ci" ${{ secrets.KEYBASE_NYMBOT_TEAM }}
+        args: .github/workflows/support-files/messages/entry_point_notifications.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/.gitignore b/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34977ee7df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+node_modules
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/.prettierrc b/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/.prettierrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0238bf0f00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/.prettierrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "trailingComma": "all",
+  "singleQuote": true,
+  "printWidth": 80,
+  "tabWidth": 2
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/entry_point_notifications.sh b/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/entry_point_notifications.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..04607fb979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/entry_point_notifications.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# pass exit codes out to GitHub Actions
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+# change to the directory that contains this script
+cd "${0%/*}"
+
+# run the node script
+node send_message.js
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/failure b/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/failure
index cb16004bb0..adc2896ace 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/failure
+++ b/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/failure
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
-> :rocket: Network Explorer
+> :rocket: {{ env.NYM_PROJECT_NAME }}
 > 🔴 **FAILURE** :cry:
-> `{{ github.sha }}` `{{ github.ref }}` https://{{ github.server_url }}/{{ github.repository }}/tree/{{ github.ref }}
-> `build job` https://{{ github.server_url }}/{{ github.repository  }}/actions/runs/{{  github.run_id  }}
+> `branch` {{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}/{{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}/tree/{{ env.GIT_BRANCH_NAME }}
+> `commit` {{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}/{{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}/commit/{{ env.GITHUB_SHA }}
+> `build ` {{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}/{{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}/actions/runs/{{ env.GITHUB_RUN_ID }}
 
 Commit message:
 ```
-{{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{ env.GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE }}
+```
diff --git a/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/package.json b/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e9ec33e9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "name": "send-keybase-message",
+  "description": "Sends a notification message with the keybase package that fails when piped into the keybase CLI",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "format": "prettier --write send_message.js"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "handlebars": "^4.7.7",
+    "keybase-bot": "^3.6.1"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "prettier": "2.3.2"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/send_message.js b/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/send_message.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1b37f5513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/send_message.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+const Bot = require('keybase-bot');
+const Handlebars = require('handlebars');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+async function main() {
+  const data = { env: process.env };
+  // const data = { ...PASTE TEST DATA HERE ... }; // -- DEV: uncomment to set test data
+
+  // validation of environment
+  if(!(process.env.NYM_PROJECT_NAME || data.env.NYM_PROJECT_NAME)) {
+    throw new Error('Please set env var NYM_PROJECT_NAME with the project name for displaying in notification messages');
+  }
+
+  // extract the git branch name
+  const GIT_BRANCH_NAME = (process.env.GITHUB_REF || data.env.GITHUB_REF).split('/').slice(2).join('/');
+
+  data.env.GIT_BRANCH_NAME = GIT_BRANCH_NAME;
+  const source = fs
+    .readFileSync(process.env.IS_SUCCESS === 'true' ? 'success' : 'failure')
+    .toString();
+  const template = Handlebars.compile(source);
+  const result = template(data);
+
+  // -- DEV: uncomment to show what is available in the handlebars template / show the result
+  // console.dir({ data }, { depth: null });
+  // console.log(result);
+
+  const bot = new Bot();
+  try {
+    const username = process.env.KEYBASE_NYMBOT_USERNAME;
+    const paperkey = process.env.KEYBASE_NYMBOT_PAPERKEY;
+
+    if(!username) {
+      throw new Error('Username is not defined. Please set env var KEYBASE_NYMBOT_USERNAME');
+    }
+    if(!paperkey) {
+      throw new Error('Paperkey is not defined. Please set env var KEYBASE_NYMBOT_PAPERKEY');
+    }
+
+    console.log(`Initialising keybase with user "${username}" and key: "${'*'.repeat(paperkey.length)}"...`);
+    await bot.init(username, paperkey, { verbose: false });
+
+    const channel = {
+      name: 'nymtech_bot',
+      membersType: 'team',
+      topicName: 'testing',
+      topic_type: 'CHAT',
+    };
+    const message = {
+      body: result,
+    };
+
+    console.log(`Sending to ${channel.name}#${channel.topicName}...`);
+    await bot.chat.send(channel, message);
+
+    console.log('Message sent!');
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error);
+    process.exitCode = -1;
+  } finally {
+    await bot.deinit();
+  }
+}
+
+main();
diff --git a/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/success b/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/success
index d41dbdce6c..a5e33f0feb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/success
+++ b/.github/workflows/support-files/messages/success
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
-> :rocket: Network Explorer  ➡️➡️➡️➡️➡️ **View output:** https://{{ env.GITHUB_REF_SLUG }}.{{ secrets.NYM_CI_WWW_BASE }}/
+> :rocket: {{ env.NYM_PROJECT_NAME }}  ➡️➡️➡️➡️➡️ **View output:** https://{{ env.GITHUB_REF_SLUG }}.{{ env.NYM_CI_WWW_BASE }}/
 > ✅ **SUCCESS**
-> `{{ github.sha }}` `{{ github.ref }}` https://{{ github.server_url }}/{{ github.repository }}/tree/{{ github.ref }}
-> `build job` https://{{ github.server_url }}/{{ github.repository  }}/actions/runs/{{  github.run_id  }}
+> `branch` {{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}/{{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}/tree/{{ env.GIT_BRANCH_NAME }}
+> `commit` {{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}/{{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}/commit/{{ env.GITHUB_SHA }}
+> `build ` {{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}/{{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}/actions/runs/{{ env.GITHUB_RUN_ID }}
 
 Commit message:
 ```
-{{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
+{{ env.GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE }}
 ```