Check changed GitHub READMEs for originality
Keep public documentation original without remembering a separate verification step.
Trigger
GitHub Repository README Changed
Triggers when the README file in a specific repository directory changes. Monitors the README in a configurable directory and branch/tag/commit. The payload includes the current README metadata (filename, path, SHA, size, URLs), the previous and current git blob SHAs, and a list of which tracked fields changed.
Action
Plagiarism Detection
Tool to detect plagiarism. use after preparing text to verify originality against online sources.
Why this helps
Documentation updates often happen between coding tasks, making quality checks easy to defer.
- Protects documentation quality
- Removes a recurring checklist item
- Keeps copy review timely
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Winston ai to Notis once via the portal.
- 2Create a new automation and write that changed README content should receive an originality check.
- 3Choose GitHub Repository README Changed, select a run-report channel, and test with a README edit.
Questions about this workflow
Can I monitor a README in a subdirectory?
Yes. Configure the GitHub trigger for the repository directory you want to monitor.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Winston ai. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Winston ai 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.
AI Text Detection
Tool to detect ai-generated text. use when you need to assess whether a given text is ai-generated.
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.
Plagiarism Detection
Tool to detect plagiarism. use after preparing text to verify originality against online sources.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
TEXT_COMPARE
Tool to compare two texts. use when you need to measure similarity between two final texts.
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.
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.
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
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