Draft explainers for new GitHub workflows
Make new automation understandable before it becomes invisible infrastructure.
Trigger
New GitHub Actions Workflow Added
Triggers when a new GitHub Actions workflow is added to a repository. Monitors a repository's GitHub Actions workflows and fires an event for each newly added workflow. The payload includes the workflow's name, file path, state, creation and update timestamps, and URLs for the API, web interface, and status badge.
Action
Import Content
Tool to import content into the editor. use when updating editor content via html or url.
Why this helps
A new workflow can change the product experience without anyone documenting it.
- Encourages clear internal language
- Reduces hidden-process confusion
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Neuronwriter to Notis once.
- 2Create a portal automation with New GitHub Actions Workflow Added.
- 3Ask Notis to import workflow details as a plain-language explainer draft, select a report channel, and test with a new workflow.
Questions about this workflow
Who receives run updates?
You choose the reporting channel when creating the automation.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Neuronwriter. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Neuronwriter actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Import Content
Tool to import content into the editor. use when updating editor content via html or url.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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.
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.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
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.
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.
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
GitHub and Neuronwriter, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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