Turn Census report requests into organized GitHub issues
Start from a Census report request and keep its related GitHub issue easy to find and triage.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Add labels to an issue
Adds labels (provided in the request body) to a repository issue; labels that do not already exist are created.
Why this helps
Census research requests can lose their geography and topic context when tracked in GitHub.
- Make geography and subject visible at a glance.
- Group related Census research work with consistent labels.
- Reduce manual issue cleanup after a report request.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Census bureau and GitHub once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, then choose New Automation.
- 3Tell Notis to use the request's geography, subject, and reporting period to label its specified GitHub issue, creating labels if needed.
- 4Choose a webhook trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real report request that includes a GitHub repository and issue number.
Questions about this workflow
Does this automation create a GitHub issue?
No. It adds labels to the issue identified in the incoming request. Create the issue separately if one does not exist.
What should the webhook request include?
Include enough information to retrieve or describe the Census finding, plus the GitHub repository and issue number to update.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Census bureau to GitHub. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Census bureau 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.
Census bureau and GitHub, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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