Clean up a GitHub Actions cache when project work calls for it
Review selected Bonsai projects on a schedule and clear a specified GitHub Actions cache when its key is identified as stale or corrupted.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Clear repository cache by key
Deletes github actions caches from a repository matching a specific `key` and an optional git `ref`, used to manage storage or clear outdated/corrupted caches; the action succeeds even if no matching caches are found to delete.
Why this helps
A stale or corrupted Actions cache can keep slowing project work while the cleanup is easy to forget.
- Make cache cleanup part of an existing project review
- Target a repository cache by its specified key
- Include cleanup results in the run report
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Bonsai and GitHub once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3In one instruction, tell Notis to review the specified Bonsai projects and clear a GitHub Actions cache only when the project notes identify its repository and cache key as stale or corrupted.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real project and a cache key intended for cleanup.
Questions about this workflow
Does the action delete all caches for a repository?
No. It deletes caches matching the specified key and optional Git reference. It succeeds even if no matching cache exists.
Can Notis determine whether a cache is corrupted by itself?
Only if the project information or other supplied context describes the problem. Otherwise, provide the cache key and the condition for cleanup in your instruction.
Can I restrict which projects are considered?
Describe the intended projects in your automation instruction. Notis uses the information available from Bonsai and your instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Bonsai to GitHub. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Bonsai 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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