Start a browser session for new GitHub release tags
Turn a release tag into a focused launch checklist workspace.
Trigger
New Repository Tag Created
Triggers when a new tag is created in a GitHub repository. Monitors the repository's tags and fires an event for each newly created tag. The payload includes the tag name, the commit SHA and URL it points to, and archive download URLs.
Action
Start Browser Session
Tool to start a new browser session with optional customizations. use when you need to programmatically allocate an isolated browser instance with recording, proxy, live view, and feature toggles.
Why this helps
Release work spans many web tools, so the surrounding tasks are easy to scatter or forget.
- Creates a dedicated release workspace
- Makes handoffs easier to resume
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Anchor browser in the portal once.
- 2Create an automation with a plain-language prompt to start a release browser session whenever a new tag is created.
- 3Pick the repository-tag trigger, choose a report channel, and test with a non-production tag.
Questions about this workflow
Can I use version tags only?
Yes. Configure the GitHub trigger for the tags relevant to your release process.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Anchor browser. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Anchor browser actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Profile
Tool to create a new browser profile from an active session. use after ending a session to persist cookies and cache.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Delete Profile
Tool to delete a browser profile by id. use after confirming the profile exists.
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.
End All Sessions
Tool to end all active browser sessions. use after confirming a security concern when you need to immediately close every session for the authenticated user.
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.
End Browser Session
Tool to end a specific browser session by id. use after confirming the session id you want to terminate.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
Get Profile
Tool to fetch details for a specific browser profile by id. use after you know the profile id and need its settings and session information.
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 Webpage Content
Tool to retrieve rendered content of a webpage in html or markdown format. use when you need to fetch a page’s full content, optionally within an existing browser session.
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.
List Agent Resources
Tool to list agent resources (files) for a given session. use after establishing a browser session to retrieve agent-uploaded files.
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.
List All Sessions Status
Tool to list the status of all active browser sessions. use after authenticating when you need to retrieve an up-to-date overview of all sessions.
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