Capture technical debt in GitHub issue triage
Carry a concrete maintenance decision from a conversation into the GitHub issue list your team uses to plan work.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Add labels to an issue
Adds labels (provided in the request body) to a repository issue; labels that do not already exist are created.
Why this helps
Deferred maintenance can be discussed repeatedly without being tagged, making it easy to lose among feature work.
- Distinguishes maintenance work in issue triage.
- Applies a label when the transcript explicitly supports the classification.
- Keeps issue references tied to the original discussion.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect AssemblyAI and GitHub once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, then choose New Automation.
- 3Tell Notis to identify explicitly deferred maintenance work, match it to existing GitHub issues, and add the agreed technical debt label only when the connection is clear.
- 4Choose a webhook trigger and the channel for run reports.
- 5Test with one transcript and review the matched issue.
Questions about this workflow
Will it decide that any old bug is technical debt?
No. The workflow relies on explicit transcript discussion of deferred maintenance or cleanup.
Can this create a new issue?
No. It uses the GitHub add labels action for existing issues.
What if there is no matching issue?
Notis should report the transcript item for review and avoid labeling an unrelated issue.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link AssemblyAI to GitHub. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
AssemblyAI 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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