Adjust contractor card limits from new pull requests
Tie approved coding work to a focused spending allowance without manual chasing.
Trigger
New Pull Request Created
Triggers when a new pull request is created in GitHub, matching the optional configured filters. Emits an event for each newly created pull request. Supports filtering by repository, owner/organisation, author, assignee, label, state, base branch, head branch, and draft status.
Action
Update Card Limits
Update spending limits and controls for a card.
Why this helps
Founders lose time switching between review queues and card controls.
- Keeps temporary spend aligned with active work
- Reduces follow-up messages about card limits
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Brex to Notis once.
- 2Ask Notis to create an automation for contractor pull requests.
- 3Describe when the contractor card limit should be updated in one plain-language instruction.
- 4Select New Pull Request Created and choose where run reports arrive.
- 5Test it with a real pull request.
Questions about this workflow
Can the prompt mention contractors?
Yes. Explain which pull requests should affect the relevant card limit.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Brex. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Brex 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.
Create Budget
Create a new budget for departments or projects.
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 Card
Create a new card and assign it to a user.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
Create Department
Create a new department.
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.
Create Expense
Create a new expense.
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.
Create Location
Create a new location.
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.
Create Job Title
Create a new job title.
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.
Create User
Create a new user in the brex account.
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
Create Vendor Card
Create a new vendor card.
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