Check subtitles when video documentation changes
Keep spoken guidance aligned with the written instructions people rely on.
Trigger
GitHub Repository README Changed
Triggers when the README file in a specific repository directory changes. Monitors the README in a configurable directory and branch/tag/commit. The payload includes the current README metadata (filename, path, SHA, size, URLs), the previous and current git blob SHAs, and a list of which tracked fields changed.
Action
Fetch Subtitles Data
Tool to fetch subtitle data for a video in a specific language. use when you need to retrieve subtitle segments after confirming video id and language code.
Why this helps
Documentation updates can leave a tutorial video saying something different.
- Flags alignment work sooner
- Protects self-serve documentation
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Amara to Notis once.
- 2Create a portal automation.
- 3Ask Notis to fetch subtitles for the related tutorial video when its README changes.
- 4Choose GitHub Repository README Changed and a report channel.
- 5Test by editing the relevant README.
Questions about this workflow
Does this rewrite captions?
No. It retrieves subtitle data so you can review whether an update is needed.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Amara. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Amara actions
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.
Add Subtitle Note
Tool to add a note to a subtitle set. use after retrieving the notes uri of the subtitle set.
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.
Create Subtitle Language
Tool to create a new subtitle language for a video. use when you need to add a language track (iso 639-1 code) before uploading subtitles.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
Fetch Subtitles Data
Tool to fetch subtitle data for a video in a specific language. use when you need to retrieve subtitle segments after confirming video id and language code.
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.
Get Subtitle Language Details
Tool to retrieve details for a single subtitle language. use when you have video id and language code and need metadata about that language track.
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.
Get Team Details
Tool to get details on a specific team by slug. use when you need metadata for a single team.
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.
Get User Data
Tool to get user data by username or id. use when you need to fetch account details for a user.
New Repository Collaborator Added
Triggers when a new collaborator is added to a GitHub repository. Monitors the full list of collaborators on a repository and fires an event for each newly added collaborator. The payload includes the collaborator's GitHub username, account ID, profile URL, avatar URL, permission flags (pull, triage, push, maintain, admin), and assigned role name.
Get Video URL Details
Tool to get details for a specific video url. use when you have a public or embeddable video url and need its amara metadata (id, title, duration, thumbnails, etc.).
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
List Available Languages
Tool to get a list of all supported languages. use when you need to know available language options from amara.
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