Create Brex departments from GitHub project issues
Turn a clearly scoped new initiative into a financial home before spending starts.
Trigger
Issue Added Event
Triggered when a new issue is added to the repository.
Action
Create Department
Create a new department.
Why this helps
Cross-functional projects start in GitHub but lack a consistent finance structure.
- Creates financial structure at project kickoff
- Keeps initiative costs easier to group
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Brex to Notis once.
- 2In the portal, start a new automation.
- 3Write a plain-language instruction for qualifying project issues to create a Brex department.
- 4Choose Issue Added Event and a channel for reports.
- 5Test it with one real project issue.
Questions about this workflow
Can Notis distinguish a project issue?
Yes. Explain the issue wording or labels that qualify in your prompt.
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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
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Budget
Create a new budget for departments or projects.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Card
Create a new card and assign it to a user.
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 Department
Create a new department.
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 Expense
Create a new expense.
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 Location
Create a new location.
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 Job Title
Create a new job title.
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 User
Create a new user in the brex account.
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 Vendor Card
Create a new vendor card.
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