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Understand the web page behind a code scanning alert

Give each new scanning alert a quick page-level read, without switching tools to figure out what the linked resource contains.

Trigger

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.

Action

Diffbot Analyze

Tool to automatically determine a page's content type and route it to the appropriate extraction api. use when you have only a url and need diffbot to choose the right extractor.

Why this helps

A new alert can leave you juggling the GitHub finding and an unfamiliar external reference before you know what to do next.

  • Get a quick content-type read on a linked URL.
  • Keep the alert and its web context together in a run report.
  • Reduce manual triage for unfamiliar references.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect GitHub and Diffbot once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
  • 3Describe the outcome in one instruction: analyze any URL included with a new code scanning alert and summarize the result with the alert context.
  • 4Pick the New Code Scanning Alert Created trigger and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real alert that includes a URL.

Questions about this workflow

Does every code scanning alert include a URL?

No. Ask Notis to analyze a URL only when the alert payload provides one; otherwise have it report that no page URL was available.

What does Diffbot Analyze return?

It determines the page's content type and routes the URL to an appropriate extraction API.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

GitHub triggers

Diffbot actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Diffbot Search

Tool to search data extracted by crawl or bulk jobs using dql queries. use after data extraction jobs complete to retrieve search results.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Get Diffbot Account Details

Tool to retrieve account details, including plan information and usage statistics. use after authenticating to verify subscription and daily quota status.

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

Diffbot Analyze

Tool to automatically determine a page's content type and route it to the appropriate extraction api. use when you have only a url and need diffbot to choose the right extractor.

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

Get Article Data

Tool to extract information from articles, including authors, publication dates, and images. use when you need structured metadata from a web article url.

ActionInstant

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

Get Discussion Thread

Tool to extract threads of content from forums, comment sections, and review pages. use when you need structured discussion data from web pages after identifying the discussion url.

ActionInstant

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

Diffbot Get Event

Tool to extract event details from web pages. use when you need structured event data such as venue, date, and description.

ActionInstant

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

Diffbot Get Image

Tool to extract detailed information about images, including dimensions and recognition data. use after confirming the image url is publicly accessible.

ActionInstant

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

Diffbot Get Product

Tool to extract product information such as specifications, prices, availability, and reviews. use when you need structured product data including specs, pricing, and reviews.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

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

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