Keep track of repositories you meant to follow
For repositories you want to keep handy, Notis can check whether your GitHub account has starred them and report the status on a schedule.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Check if repo starred by auth user
Use to determine if the authenticated user has starred a specific github repository, which is confirmed by an http 204 status (resulting in an empty dictionary in the response data); the action fails (e.g., http 404) if the repository is not starred or does not exist.
Why this helps
Useful repositories shared during planning can get lost when you forget to star them or check later.
- Check the star status of repositories you specify.
- See results in one scheduled run report.
- Reduce the effort of revisiting repositories one by one.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect BSC Designer and GitHub once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation in any channel or in Automations, New Automation.
- 3List the repositories to check and ask Notis to report whether each is starred by your authenticated user.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real repository you can access.
Questions about this workflow
Does this workflow star a repository if it is not starred?
No. It checks star status and reports the result. It does not star repositories.
Whose star status does it check?
It checks whether the repository is starred by the authenticated GitHub user connected to Notis.
Which repositories can it check?
Specify the repositories you want checked, subject to the authenticated account's GitHub access.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link BSC Designer to GitHub. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
BSC Designer 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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
BSC Designer and GitHub, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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