List Render environment groups when a GitHub config file changes
Infrastructure config in the repo and shared config in Render drift apart the moment nobody is watching. Notis catches changes to a watched config path in GitHub and lists your Render environment groups, so you can spot a mismatch before it breaks a deploy.
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
List Environment Groups
Tool to list environment groups. Use when you need to retrieve environment groups to view shared environment variables across services.
Why this helps
Someone edits the infra config in the repo, and now your Render environment groups may or may not match. You only find out during a failed deploy, and by then the change is buried under three other commits.
- See your Render environment groups the moment infra config changes.
- Catch config drift before it causes a broken deploy.
- Keep repo config and shared Render config in sync without manual audits.
- Tie a risky config edit to an automatic sanity check.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Render to Notis once from the portal.
- 2Open your portal link and create a New Automation.
- 3Describe it plainly: when my infra config file changes on GitHub, list my Render environment groups and send them to me.
- 4Select the Repository Content Changed trigger and choose your reporting channel.
- 5Edit the watched config file to confirm the environment group list arrives.
Questions about this workflow
Which file does it watch?
The path you describe when you connect the repository, such as your infra or blueprint config file. Notis monitors that path for changes.
What are environment groups?
They are shared collections of environment variables and secret files in Render used across services. Listing them helps you confirm nothing drifted.
Does it apply the changes for me?
No. This automation surfaces the current state so you can review. It does not modify your config unless you build that separately.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Render. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Render 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.
Add Header Rule
Tool to add a custom HTTP header rule to a Render service. Use when you need to configure headers like Cache-Control, security headers, or CORS headers for specific request paths.
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.
Add or Update Secret File
Tool to add or update a secret file for a Render service. Use when you need to create a new secret file or update the content of an existing secret file.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
Add Resources to Environment
Tool to add resources to a Render environment. Use when you need to associate services, databases, Redis instances, or environment groups with an existing environment.
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.
Add Route
Tool to add redirect or rewrite rules to a Render service. Use when you need to configure URL routing, redirects, or rewrites for a service. Redirect rules send HTTP redirects to clients, while rewrite rules modify the request path internally.
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.
Create Custom Domain
Tool to add a custom domain to a Render service. Use when you need to configure a custom domain for a service.
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.
Create Environment Group
Tool to create a new environment group. Use when you need to create a shared collection of environment variables and secret files that can be used across multiple services.
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.
Create Environment
Tool to create a new environment within a Render project. Use when you need to set up a new environment for organizing services, databases, and other resources.
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
Create Postgres Instance
Tool to create a new Postgres instance on Render. Use when you need to provision a new PostgreSQL database with configurable plan, version, and region.
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