Verify repository access when a review raises the question
A scorecard review or internal process can send a webhook when access needs checking. Notis verifies the named user against the named repository and reports the result.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Check if a user is a repository collaborator
Checks if a user is a collaborator on a specified github repository, returning a 204 status if they are, or a 404 status if they are not or if the repository/user does not exist.
Why this helps
Access questions interrupt focused work when someone has to leave a review, find the right repository, and check membership manually.
- Start an access status check from an existing HTTP request.
- Confirm collaborator status for the user and repository named in the request.
- Receive the result in the channel you choose for reports.
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.
- 3Describe how to read the user and repository from the incoming request and ask Notis to check collaborator status.
- 4Pick the webhook trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real user and repository webhook.
Questions about this workflow
Can the webhook come directly from BSC Designer?
Only if your setup can send an HTTP request for the relevant process. No BSC Designer trigger event is listed here.
Does a positive result confirm a particular permission level?
The action checks whether the user is a collaborator. It is not described as reporting the user's permission level.
Can this workflow grant access if the user is not a collaborator?
No. It reports the check result and does not grant access.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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.
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