Find recurring CircleCI failures worth investigating
See repeated failures as a pattern instead of another isolated alert.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create email draft
Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.
Why this helps
Intermittent failures are difficult to notice when each one arrives as a separate notification.
- Review repeated failures together.
- Highlight jobs that may merit investigation.
- Keep the evidence and caveats in an editable draft.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect CircleCI and Gmail once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it Flaky Build Review Draft.
- 3Tell Notis to review CircleCI failures over the period you specify, identify repeated job failures only when the available history supports it, and draft a Gmail summary with evidence and uncertainty noted.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule, select where run reports should go, and test with one real example.
Questions about this workflow
Can it prove a test is flaky?
No. It can point out repeated failures in available CircleCI history, but confirming flakiness may require investigation.
Can I choose the review period?
Yes. Specify the period in the instruction and use a schedule that gives the review enough history.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Circleci to Gmail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Circleci triggers
Gmail actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Modify email labels
Adds and/or removes specified gmail labels for a message; ensure `message id` and all `label ids` are valid (use 'listlabels' for custom label ids).
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create email draft
Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.
Create label
Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account.
Delete Draft
Permanently deletes a specific gmail draft using its id; ensure the draft exists and the user has necessary permissions for the given `user id`.
Delete message
Permanently deletes a specific email message by its id from a gmail mailbox; for `user id`, use 'me' for the authenticated user or an email address to which the authenticated user has delegated access.
Fetch emails
Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.
Fetch message by message ID
Fetches a specific email message by its id, provided the `message id` exists and is accessible to the authenticated `user id`.
Fetch Message by Thread ID
Retrieves messages from a gmail thread using its `thread id`, where the thread must be accessible by the specified `user id`.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Circleci and Gmail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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