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Automate Issue Intake Documentation

Notis creates an intake form document in Google Drive whenever an issue is created. Requirements capture happens automatically, creating a searchable intake history.

Trigger

New Issue Created

Triggers when a new issue is created in a GitHub repository. Pull requests are automatically excluded -- only true issues produce events. Results can be filtered by labels, assignee, creator, and mentioned user. The payload includes the issue number, title, body, state, labels, assignees, comment count, creator details, timestamps, and direct links to the issue on GitHub.

Action

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.

Why this helps

Issue titles and descriptions are inconsistent. Understanding requirements requires reading disorganized GitHub text. Intake forms never get filled out manually.

  • Issue intake standardized automatically—consistent documentation
  • Requirements captured in structured format, not free text
  • Intake history searchable by type, status, priority
  • Reduces back-and-forth clarification on requirements

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect GitHub and Google Drive to Notis.
  • 2Tell Notis: 'When a new issue is created, create an intake form in Google Drive with fields for issue type, priority, affected area, description, acceptance criteria, and links to the GitHub issue.'
  • 3Select 'New Issue Created' as your trigger.
  • 4Choose a Notis reporting channel.
  • 5Create a test issue in your repository.

Questions about this workflow

Can Notis fill in intake fields automatically?

From the GitHub issue, yes—title maps to 'issue title,' description to 'description.' Labels might map to 'priority' or 'type.' You tell Notis the mapping.

What if an issue is created without a proper description?

Notis creates a doc anyway with empty intake fields. The template reminder encourages the issue creator to fill in details.

Can I use different intake forms for different issue types?

Yes. Tell Notis: 'For bugs, use template A; for feature requests, use template B.' Notis routes based on issue labels.

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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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