Send FreeAgent estimates from GitHub release updates
Keep an approved delivery plan moving toward a clear client confirmation.
Trigger
GitHub Release State Changed
Triggers when a specific GitHub release (identified by tag name) changes. Monitors the release title, body/notes, draft flag, prerelease flag, published timestamp, target branch/commit, and the set of attached assets. The payload includes the full current release details, a list of which fields changed, and the previous values for comparison.
Action
Send Estimate Email
Tool to email an estimate in FreeAgent. Use when you need to send an estimate to a contact via email with customizable subject, body, and attachments. You can use an existing email template (use_template=true) or provide manual email fields.
Why this helps
A release plan can be published without the estimate ever being sent.
- Reduces follow-up overhead
- Keeps estimates moving
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and FreeAgent to Notis once.
- 2Create the automation in plain language.
- 3Tell Notis to send the appropriate estimate email after a qualifying release update.
- 4Pick the release-state trigger, a report channel, and test with one controlled release update.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Freeagent. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Freeagent 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.
Cashflow summary for a date range
Tool to retrieve cashflow summary for a given date range from FreeAgent. Use when you need to analyze cash inflow and outflow over a specific period. Provides net cashflow balance, incoming and outgoing totals, and monthly breakdowns.
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.
Get Company Details
Tool to retrieve company details from FreeAgent. Use when you need information about the company's registration, accounting periods, or settings.
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 a Journal Set
Tool to create a journal set in FreeAgent. Use when you need to create manual journal entries for accounting corrections or adjustments. All journal entries must balance to zero (total debits equal total credits).
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 Sales Tax Period
Tool to create a sales tax period in FreeAgent. Use when you need to establish a new sales tax period with specific rates and settings for tax reporting.
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 Task Under Project
Tool to create a task under a specific project in FreeAgent. Use when you need to add a new task to an existing project for tracking billable or non-billable work.
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 A Timeslip
Tool to create a new timeslip in FreeAgent. Use when you need to log time worked on a project task by a specific user on a given date.
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 a User
Tool to create a new user in FreeAgent. Use when you need to add a new team member with specific role and permissions. Requires 'Tax, Accounting & Users' permission level.
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
Create Bank Account
Tool to create a bank account in FreeAgent. Use when you need to add a new bank account, PayPal account, or credit card account to track financial transactions.
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