Create Worksnaps projects from new GitHub branches
Give a substantial feature branch a dedicated time-tracking home from day one.
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 Project
Tool to create a new project in worksnaps. use after gathering project details before logging time.
Why this helps
Parallel initiatives blur together when their effort has no separate container.
- Separates major workstreams
- Makes effort reports easier to read
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Worksnaps to Notis once.
- 2Create a new automation in the portal.
- 3Tell Notis to create a project for new feature branches that match your naming convention.
- 4Select New Branch Created and a reporting channel.
- 5Create a test branch to confirm the result.
Questions about this workflow
Should every branch create a project?
Usually no. Describe the branch prefix that represents substantial work.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Worksnaps. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Worksnaps actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Project
Tool to create a new project in worksnaps. use after gathering project details before logging time.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create task
Tool to create a new task in a specified project. use after confirming project id exists.
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.
Delete Task
Tool to delete a task from a project. use when you need to remove a task by its id after confirming the project context.
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.
Get Project Details
Tool to retrieve details of a specific project. use when you have a project id and need its details.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
Get Project Report
Tool to retrieve a project's time tracking report. use when you need summary of logged time per day for a project within an optional date range.
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 Projects
Tool to retrieve a paginated list of projects. use after authenticating to list accessible projects.
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 Task Details
Tool to retrieve details of a specific task within a project. use after confirming project id and task 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 Project Tasks
Tool to retrieve tasks for a specific project. use when you have a project id and need its tasks. example: 'get tasks for project 42'.
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