Give new starters the repository access they need
Turn onboarding context into a clear repository access step, with the person and repository named in your instruction.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
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.
Why this helps
New hires can lose time waiting for repository access when onboarding tasks are spread across tools.
- Make repository access part of a repeatable onboarding review.
- Reduce manual handoffs between HR and engineering.
- Keep the repository and intended access level explicit.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Breathe HR and GitHub once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation.
- 3Tell Notis to review onboarding details and add a specified new starter to the named GitHub repository with the intended permission.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule as the trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real onboarding example and confirm the collaborator invitation or permission update.
Questions about this workflow
Can it choose which repository a new hire should access?
The repository must be named in the instruction or available in the returned context. Confirm the intended repository and permission level before relying on the automation.
What happens if the person is not already a collaborator?
GitHub may create an invitation. The action can also update permissions for an existing collaborator.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Breathe HR to GitHub. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Breathe HR 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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