Document hotfix progress in the Linear incident timeline
Responders can follow remediation without asking what changed or searching the branch. Notis posts a compact commit update to the active incident each time the hotfix moves forward.
Trigger
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
Action
Create a comment
Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.
Why this helps
During an incident, implementation progress lives in a GitHub branch while coordination lives in Linear, creating repeated status questions at the worst possible time.
- Creates a chronological implementation trail inside the incident.
- Includes the commit author, message, SHA, and direct link.
- Reduces interruption-driven status updates while engineers are fixing production.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Linear to Notis before an incident occurs.
- 2Describe the workflow: 'For commits on hotfix branches, comment on the Linear incident referenced in the branch name with the commit summary and link.'
- 3Choose Commit Event as the trigger and select the incident channel for run reports.
- 4Push a harmless commit to a test hotfix branch containing a Linear identifier and verify the comment.
Questions about this workflow
Can regular commits be excluded?
Yes. Limit the instruction and GitHub monitoring to your hotfix branch convention.
Will the full code diff be copied into Linear?
No. Notis can post a concise commit summary and link, leaving the code and diff in GitHub.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Linear. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Linear actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create linear attachment
Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing linear issue.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create a comment
Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.
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 linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
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.
Get create issue default params
Fetches a linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.
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 a label
Creates a new label in linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.
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.
Delete issue
Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.
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.
Get all teams
Retrieves all teams from the linear workspace without requiring any parameters.
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.
Download issue attachments
Downloads a specific attachment from a linear issue; the `file name` must include the correct file extension.
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