Respond to issue comments with better context
Keep community conversations moving without repeated profile searches.
Trigger
New GitHub Issue Comment
Triggers when a new comment is added to a specific GitHub issue. Only genuinely new comments are emitted; edits to existing comments do not produce duplicate events. The payload includes the comment ID, text body, author details, timestamps, and direct links to the comment on GitHub.
Action
Query Gender by Full Name
Tool to determine gender by splitting a full name. Use when you have an exact full name string and want to infer gender. Slightly less reliable for rare or ambiguous names.
Why this helps
Important issue conversations require quick responses, but researching every commenter interrupts deep work.
- Reduces interruption during community support
- Helps prioritize meaningful conversations
- Creates a consistent response cue
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Gender api to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create the automation in the portal or ask Notis for it in plain language.
- 3Tell Notis: “When a new GitHub issue comment is posted, query Gender api by the commenter's full name and report the result with the issue and comment links.”
- 4Pick the new issue comment trigger, choose the reporting channel, and test with one real comment.
Questions about this workflow
Does an edited comment trigger it again?
No. The selected event is for genuinely new comments only.
Can I monitor a specific issue?
Yes. Configure the GitHub trigger for the issue or repository scope supported by the event.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Gender api. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Gender api 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.
Get Country of Origin
Tool to retrieve a name's likely countries of origin. Use after confirming the name identifier.
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 Gender API Statistics
Tool to retrieve account statistics from Gender-API, including remaining credits and usage details. Use when you need to check your credit balance before performing further gender lookups.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
Query Gender by Email Address
Tool to determine gender from an email address. Use when you need the likely gender based on an email.
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.
Gender From First Name
Tool to determine the gender of a first name. Use when you need to identify gender based on a given name.
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.
Query Gender by Full Name
Tool to determine gender by splitting a full name. Use when you have an exact full name string and want to infer gender. Slightly less reliable for rare or ambiguous names.
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.
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.
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
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