Extract intent from new pull requests
Know what a pull request is trying to accomplish before opening a review spiral.
Trigger
New Pull Request Created
Triggers when a new pull request is created in GitHub, matching the optional configured filters. Emits an event for each newly created pull request. Supports filtering by repository, owner/organisation, author, assignee, label, state, base branch, head branch, and draft status.
Action
Wit.ai Get Message
Tool to analyze a text message and extract its intent, entities, and traits. use when you need structured meaning from user input.
Why this helps
Switching between product work and unfamiliar pull requests drains momentum.
- Start reviews with context
- Protect focus time
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Wit.ai to Notis once.
- 2Create the automation from the portal or conversationally.
- 3Describe: use Wit.ai to analyze each new pull request description.
- 4Choose New Pull Request Created and where run reports appear.
- 5Open one test pull request.
Questions about this workflow
Can the prompt ask for entities too?
Yes. Ask Notis for the intent, entities, and traits you want reported.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Wit ai. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Wit 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.
Create Wit.ai App
Tool to create a new app in wit.ai. use when you need to programmatically initialize an application before training or importing data.
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 Wit.ai Trait
Tool to create a new trait in wit.ai. use when defining custom entity attribute matching behavior.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
Delete App
Tool to delete a specific app from wit.ai. use when you need to remove an existing app by its id after confirming its existence.
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.
Get App Details
Tool to retrieve metadata and settings of a wit.ai app. use when you need to fetch complete app details by app id after authenticating.
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.
Get Intent Details
Tool to retrieve details of a specific intent. use when you need full intent metadata given its 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.
Get Intents
Tool to list all intents in a wit.ai app. use after authenticating to retrieve defined intents.
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.
Wit.ai Get Message
Tool to analyze a text message and extract its intent, entities, and traits. use when you need structured meaning from user input.
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
Get Trait Details
Tool to retrieve details of a specific trait. use when you have the trait id and need its full metadata.
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