Maintain an Auto-Generated Changelog
Notis updates a changelog document in Google Drive whenever repository content changes. What changed, when, and by whom becomes searchable history.
Trigger
Repository Content Changed
Triggers when the content of a file or directory in a GitHub repository changes. Monitors a specified path within a repository on a given branch or tag. For a single file, fires ``content_changed`` when the file is modified. For a directory, fires ``content_changed``, ``content_added``, or ``content_removed`` for modified, new, or deleted entries respectively. content.
Action
Edit File
Updates an existing google drive file by overwriting its entire content with new text (max 10mb).
Why this helps
Changelogs get out of sync with actual changes. Manual changelog maintenance is tedious and often forgotten, leaving no trail of what was updated when.
- Changelog updates automatically—never out of sync
- Complete record of what changed, when, and by whom
- Searchable history for debugging or auditing
- No manual changelog maintenance burden
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Ensure GitHub and Google Drive are connected.
- 2Create your automation: 'When repository content changes, append an entry to the changelog document with the file path, change type (added/modified/deleted), timestamp, and author.'
- 3Select 'Repository Content Changed' as your trigger.
- 4Pick a Notis reporting channel.
- 5Modify a file in your repository to test.
Questions about this workflow
Does this capture all files or just specific paths?
You can monitor specific directories or all changes. Tell Notis: 'Track changes in src/ and docs/' or 'Track all changes.' Notis monitors accordingly.
Are large or binary file changes excluded?
You can filter them out. Say: 'Only log text file changes' or 'Exclude node_modules.' Notis respects your rules.
How detailed are changelog entries?
You control it. Include just the filename, or include diff snippets, commit messages, author, and timestamps. Notis captures what you ask for.
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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
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
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.
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.
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 Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
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 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).
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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