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Email new commits added to a GitHub pull request

Avoid approving stale code or missing a force-push after review.

Trigger

New Commit Added to Pull Request

Triggers when a new commit is pushed to a specific pull request. Monitors all commits on the specified pull request and emits an event for each newly added commit. This covers force-pushes and additional commits pushed to the PR's head branch.

Action

Send Email

Send an email using agentmail api

Why this helps

A pull request may change after you reviewed it, with no obvious reminder to return.

  • Flags changed review material
  • Supports safer approvals
  • Keeps the PR link close

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect GitHub and Agent mail once in Notis.
  • 2Create a New Automation in the portal.
  • 3Ask Notis to email a short update whenever a new commit is added to the monitored pull request.
  • 4Select New Commit Added to Pull Request and a channel for run reports.
  • 5Test by pushing one commit to the pull request.

Questions about this workflow

Does this cover force-pushes?

Yes. The trigger covers additional commits and force-pushes to the pull request head branch.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Agent mail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

GitHub triggers

Agent mail actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Get Message

Get a specific message from an agentmail inbox

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

List Messages

List messages from an agentmail inbox

ActionInstant

New Workflow Artifact Created

Triggers when a new workflow artifact is created in a GitHub repository. Monitors for newly created GitHub Actions workflow artifacts. Optionally filters by artifact name to restrict monitoring to specific artifacts.

TriggerPolling

Send Email

Send an email using agentmail api

ActionInstant

Branch Changed

Triggers when a GitHub branch changes. Monitors a specific branch for: - New commits pushed (head commit SHA changes) - Protection status toggled (branch becomes protected or unprotected) - Protection settings changed, including: required status checks and their enforcement level, admin enforcement, required pull request reviews (dismiss stale reviews, code owner reviews, approving review count, last push approval), required linear history, force push allowance, deletion allowance, conversation resolution, branch locking, and fork syncing.

TriggerPolling

New Branch Created

Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.

TriggerPolling

Check Run Status / Conclusion Changed

Triggers when a specific GitHub check run changes its status or conclusion. Monitors a single check run for changes to: status (queued, in_progress, completed, etc.), conclusion (success, failure, neutral, cancelled, skipped, timed_out, action_required), started_at, and completed_at.

TriggerPolling

Check Suite Status / Conclusion Changed

Triggers when a GitHub check suite changes its status or conclusion for a given ref. Monitors all check suites associated with a git reference (branch, tag, or commit SHA) for changes to status (queued, in_progress, completed, etc.) and conclusion (success, failure, neutral, cancelled, skipped, timed_out, action_required, startup_failure, stale). Optionally filters by GitHub App ID.

TriggerPolling

New Code Scanning Alert Created

Triggers when a new code scanning alert is created in a repository. Fires an event for each newly created code scanning alert detected in the configured repository. Alerts can be filtered by Git reference, scanning tool, state, and severity. The payload includes the alert number, rule details, tool information, state, severity, and the location of the most recent instance.

TriggerPolling

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

GitHub and Agent mail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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