Turn CI failures into clear team updates
Know when the build is blocked, with enough context to decide what happens next.
Trigger
GitHub Workflow Run State Changed
Triggers when a GitHub Actions workflow run's status or conclusion changes. Monitors a single workflow run and fires an event whenever it transitions between states (e.g., queued to in_progress, or in_progress to completed) or when its conclusion is set (e.g., success, failure, cancelled).
Action
Create Announcement
Tool to create an announcement in a course. use after confirming the course id is valid.
Why this helps
CI failures create uncertainty when they are discovered late or passed around without a clear owner.
- Surface failed runs as soon as GitHub records them.
- Include the workflow, branch, commit, conclusion, and run link.
- Reduce repeated status questions in chat.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Google Classroom to Notis once through the portal.
- 2In Automations -> New Automation, or in a conversation with Notis, create the workflow.
- 3Use one instruction: Announce failed GitHub Actions workflow runs in the selected Google Classroom course with the workflow name, branch, commit, failure conclusion, and link.
- 4Choose the workflow run state trigger and a channel for run reports.
- 5Test using a safe branch with an intentionally failing check.
Questions about this workflow
Can this be limited to one branch?
Yes. Configure the GitHub trigger for the branch you want monitored and keep the announcement instruction focused.
What happens for successful runs?
This workflow is intended for failed runs. A separate workflow can announce successful releases or deployments.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Google Classroom. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Google Classroom 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.
List CourseWorkMaterials
Tool to list courseworkmaterials in a course. use after confirming a valid courseid; supports pagination and ordering.
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 Announcement
Tool to create an announcement in a course. use after confirming the course id is valid.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
Delete Announcement
Tool to delete an announcement. use after confirming the announcement id.
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.
Get Announcement
Tool to get an announcement. use when you need to fetch an announcement by course and announcement id.
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.
List Announcements
Tool to list announcements in a course. use after you have the course id to page through announcements.
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.
Patch Announcement
Tool to update fields of an announcement. use when you need to modify specific details of an existing announcement after confirming which fields to update.
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 Course
Tool to create a new course. use when a teacher needs to establish a classroom course before enrollment.
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
Delete Course
Tool to delete a course. use when you need to remove a course after confirming the course id.
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