Keep protected branch checks aligned with CircleCI reporting
Have Notis review CircleCI check reporting and add a status check context to a protected branch only when it has already been reported and is explicitly approved.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Add status check contexts
Adds status check contexts (provided in the request body, e.g., `{"contexts": ["new-context"]}`) to a protected branch, requiring these contexts to have been previously reported.
Why this helps
Branch protection can lag behind a changed CI check name, making it easy to miss a necessary update or add an unverified check.
- Review check names reported by CircleCI
- Require prior reporting before changing branch protection
- Get a clear record of the context and branch updated
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect CircleCI and GitHub once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation and describe the branch check review in one instruction.
- 3Tell Notis to find a CircleCI status check context that has already been reported and add it only to the explicitly named protected branch when the request authorizes the change.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real, previously reported CircleCI context and a designated branch.
Questions about this workflow
Can this add a check context that CircleCI has not reported yet?
No. The GitHub action requires status check contexts to have been previously reported. Instruct Notis to report and skip any unreported context.
Does the schedule choose the branch automatically?
No. The instruction should identify the intended branch or require an explicit request naming it before making a change.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Circleci to GitHub. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Circleci 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.
Circleci and GitHub, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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