Prepare Outlook replies for GitHub issue comments
Capture a response while the request still has your attention.
Trigger
New GitHub Issue Comment
Triggers when a new comment is added to a specific GitHub issue. Only genuinely new comments are emitted; edits to existing comments do not produce duplicate events. The payload includes the comment ID, text body, author details, timestamps, and direct links to the comment on GitHub.
Action
Create email draft
Creates an outlook email draft with subject, body, recipients, and an optional attachment. supports creating drafts as part of existing conversation threads by specifying a conversationid; attachments require a name, mimetype, and content.
Why this helps
A comment can create a follow-up obligation without ever reaching the inbox used for communication.
- Keeps conversations moving
- Reduces memory burden
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Outlook to your Notis account.
- 2Create an automation asking Notis to draft an email response for each new comment on the issue you monitor.
- 3Pick the new-issue-comment trigger, choose a reporting channel, and test with a comment.
Questions about this workflow
Is the reply sent automatically?
No, this workflow creates a draft so you can adjust it first.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Outlook. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Outlook actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add mail attachment
Tool to add an attachment to an email message. use when you have a message id and need to attach a small (<3 mb) file or reference.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create calendar
Tool to create a new calendar in the signed-in user's mailbox. use when organizing events into a separate calendar.
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 contact folder
Tool to create a new contact folder in the user's mailbox. use when needing to organize contacts into custom folders.
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 Email Rule
Create email rule filter with conditions and actions
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 mail folder
Tool to create a new mail folder. use when you need to organize email into a new folder.
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 master category
Tool to create a new category in the user's master category list. use after selecting a unique display name.
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.
Delete mail folder
Delete a mail folder from the user's mailbox. use when you need to remove an existing mail folder.
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 Outlook attachment
Downloads a specific file attachment from an email message in a microsoft outlook mailbox; the attachment must contain 'contentbytes' (binary data) and not be a link or embedded item.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
GitHub and Outlook, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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