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Create an SMS group when a new branch is created

Give a new workstream a communication container before it starts scattering across channels.

Trigger

New Branch Created

Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.

Action

Create New Group

Tool to create a new contact group. use when needing to organize contacts into a new group.

Why this helps

Short-lived initiatives often lack a clear audience, causing updates to be improvised or missed.

  • Creates a dedicated communication boundary for focused work.
  • Reduces ambiguity around who should receive updates.
  • Supports clean handoffs for feature work.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect GitHub and Sms alert to Notis once through the portal.
  • 2Create the automation in the portal or ask Notis to set it up.
  • 3Tell Notis to create an Sms alert group named from each new GitHub branch and report the created group details.
  • 4Select the GitHub New Branch Created trigger and choose a channel for run reports.
  • 5Test with a temporary branch in a test repository.

Questions about this workflow

Will every branch create a group?

Use the GitHub trigger configuration to monitor the repository or branch patterns where this is useful.

Can the group name be cleaned up?

Yes. Tell Notis how to turn branch names into readable group names.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Sms alert. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

GitHub triggers

Sms alert actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Get SMS Alert Balance

Tool to retrieve the current sms credit balance. use when you need an up-to-date credit status before sending messages.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Get Group Detail

Tool to retrieve details of a specific sms alert group. use after confirming the group id.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Get Group List

Tool to retrieve a list of sms alert groups. use when you need to fetch all groups associated with your account. call after authenticating your api key.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Get Sender ID List

Tool to fetch the list of available sender ids. use when you need to retrieve all sender ids associated with your account. use after configuring your api key.

ActionInstant

New Branch Created

Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.

TriggerPolling

Get SMS Template List

Tool to retrieve list of sms templates from your smsalert account. use when you need to display or manage your smsalert templates.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Create New Contact

Create new contact

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Create New Group

Tool to create a new contact group. use when needing to organize contacts into a new group.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Create Short URL

Tool to create a short url for a given long url. use when you need to shorten a url before sharing.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

GitHub and Sms alert, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

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