Keep documentation changes visible across channels
Small documentation edits can have a big impact on how users understand your product.
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
Hashnode Update Comment
Tool to update an existing comment on a Hashnode post. Use after preparing updated content details.
Why this helps
Important docs changes get shipped but never reach the audience reading older Hashnode content.
- Surfaces meaningful documentation changes
- Prevents conflicting instructions
- Reduces manual cross-posting
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Hashnode to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create the automation in the portal or ask Notis to create it conversationally.
- 3Use this instruction: When the selected GitHub documentation file changes, update the related Hashnode article note with a concise summary of what readers should know.
- 4Pick the repository content changed trigger, choose the run-report channel, and test with one documentation change.
Questions about this workflow
Can this monitor a directory?
Yes. The GitHub content trigger can monitor a file or directory, depending on the setup.
Can Notis ignore cosmetic edits?
Describe which kinds of changes matter in the instruction so Notis can focus on substantive updates.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Hashnode. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Hashnode 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.
Hashnode Accept Publication Invite
Tool to accept a publication invitation. Use when you have a valid invite token and want to join the publication.
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.
Hashnode Add Reply
Tool to add a reply to an existing comment. Use after confirming comment ID and reply content.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
Hashnode: Check Custom Domain Availability
Tool to check if a custom domain is available for your Hashnode publication. Use when verifying domain mapping before setup.
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.
Hashnode: Fetch Invitations
Tool to fetch pending publication invitations. Use when you need to list current pending invites for a team-managed publication before taking further actions.
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.
Hashnode: Fetch Popular Tags
Tool to fetch a paginated list of popular tags. Use when you need to browse popular tags page by page.
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.
Fetch Publication Posts
Tool to fetch a paginated list of posts from a publication. Use when you need to list posts page by page for a given publication host.
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.
Fetch Series Posts
Tool to fetch posts from a series within a publication. Use when retrieving and paginating through series posts in a specific publication.
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
Fetch Single Article
Tool to fetch a single article by slug from a publication. Use when you need the detailed content of a specific post.
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