Add required status check contexts from a request
Submit the protected branch and the exact status check contexts to add. Notis can interpret the request and apply it in GitHub.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Add status check contexts
Adds status check contexts (provided in the request body, e.g., `{"contexts": ["new-context"]}`) to a protected branch, requiring these contexts to have been previously reported.
Why this helps
Branch protection updates are easy to delay when the context names and repository details are scattered across messages.
- Reduce manual branch settings updates
- Keep requested context names together with the change
- Apply check requirements to the specified branch
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Abstract and GitHub once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis to interpret the request with Abstract and add only the specified status check contexts to the named protected branch.
- 4Choose the webhook trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real branch request using contexts already reported to GitHub.
Questions about this workflow
Can this action add a check that has never run?
No. The status check contexts must have been previously reported to GitHub.
Does it replace existing contexts?
The listed action adds contexts. It does not describe removing existing contexts.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
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Abstract triggers
GitHub actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Accept a repository invitation
Accepts a pending repository invitation that has been issued to the authenticated user.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
List repositories starred by the authenticated user
Deprecated: lists repositories starred by the authenticated user, including star creation timestamps; use 'list repositories starred by the authenticated user' instead.
List stargazers
Deprecated: lists users who have starred a repository; use `list stargazers` instead.
Star a repository for the authenticated user
Deprecated: stars a repository for the authenticated user; use `star a repository for the authenticated user` instead.
Add email for auth user
Adds one or more email addresses (which will be initially unverified) to the authenticated user's github account; use this to associate new emails, noting an email verified for another account will error, while an existing email for the current user is accepted.
Add app access restrictions
Replaces github app access restrictions for an existing protected branch; requires a json array of app slugs in the request body, where apps must be installed and have 'contents' write permissions.
Add a repository collaborator
Adds a github user as a repository collaborator, or updates their permission if already a collaborator; `permission` applies to organization-owned repositories (personal ones default to 'push' and ignore this field), and an invitation may be created or permissions updated directly.
Add a repository to an app installation
Adds a repository to a github app installation, granting the app access; requires authenticated user to have admin rights for the repository and access to the installation.
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