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Automatically Archive Completed Work

Notis moves issue documents to an archive folder in Google Drive when they're resolved or closed. Your active work stays visible; cleanup happens automatically.

Trigger

Issue State / Properties Changed

Triggers when a specific GitHub issue changes any of its tracked properties. Monitored properties: state (open/closed), state_reason, title, body, assignees, labels, milestone, lock status, active_lock_reason, comment count, and closed_at timestamp. When a change is detected, the payload includes the full current issue details, the list of changed field names, and their previous values.

Action

Move File

Tool to move a file from one folder to another in google drive. use when you need to reorganize files by changing their parent folder(s).

Why this helps

Drive folders fill with old closed issues, making it hard to find active work. Manual archiving creates busywork that often gets skipped.

  • Active work stays prominent—old issues disappear automatically
  • Archive remains searchable for future reference
  • No manual cleanup busywork
  • New team members see only active work by default

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Ensure GitHub and Google Drive are connected.
  • 2Create your automation: 'When an issue is closed or marked as resolved, move its Drive document to an archive folder.'
  • 3Select 'Issue State / Properties Changed' as your trigger, filtering for closed state.
  • 4Pick a Notis reporting channel.
  • 5Close an issue in GitHub to test the archival.

Questions about this workflow

What determines 'resolved'—only closed issues?

By default, closed issues. You can expand to include issues marked with 'resolved' or 'wontfix' labels. Tell Notis your criteria.

Can I restore archived issues?

Yes. The archive folder remains in Drive. You can manually move docs back or tell Notis to restore if the issue is reopened.

Are archived issues still searchable?

Completely. They're just moved to a separate folder. You can search across the entire Drive to find any archived issue.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

GitHub triggers

Google Drive 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.

TriggerPolling

Add file sharing preference

Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.

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

Copy file

Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.

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

Create Comment

Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.

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

Create Shared Drive

Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.

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

Create File or Folder

Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).

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

Create a File from Text

Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Create a folder

Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.

ActionInstant

Commit Event

Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.

TriggerInstant

Create Reply

Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.

ActionInstant

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