Keep Jira watchers relevant to active work
Review completed repository work and remove watchers who no longer need issue updates.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Remove Watcher from Issue
Removes a user from an issue's watcher list by account id.
Why this helps
People can keep receiving issue notifications after their review or follow-up is finished.
- Keep issue notifications relevant to active work.
- Reduce follow-up noise after completion.
- Make watcher lists easier to maintain.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Bitbucket and Jira once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Tell Notis to find completed Bitbucket work in the named scope and remove only the specified watchers from the related Jira issues.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule and select where run reports should go.
- 5Run once with a real completed example and verify the watcher change.
Questions about this workflow
Who will it remove as a watcher?
Specify the eligible people or rule in the instruction. The Jira action requires the user's account id.
Will it remove every watcher from the issue?
Instruct Notis to remove only the named people who no longer need updates.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Bitbucket to Jira. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Bitbucket triggers
Jira actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add Attachment
Uploads and attaches a file to a jira issue.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Add Comment
Adds a comment using atlassian document format (adf) for rich text to an existing jira issue.
Add Watcher to Issue
Adds a user to an issue's watcher list by account id.
Assign Issue
Assigns a jira issue to a user, default assignee, or unassigns; supports email/name lookup.
Bulk Create Issues
Creates multiple jira issues (up to 50 per call) with full feature support including markdown, assignee resolution, and priority handling.
Create Issue
Creates a new jira issue (e.g., bug, task, story) in a specified project.
Link Issues
Links two jira issues using a specified link type with optional comment.
Create Project
Creates a new jira project with required lead, template, and type configuration.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Bitbucket and Jira, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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