Create Writer runbooks for GitHub Actions failures
Turn a failed workflow notification into a contained next-step checklist instead of a vague interruption.
Trigger
GitHub Workflow Run State Changed
Triggers when a GitHub Actions workflow run's status or conclusion changes. Monitors a single workflow run and fires an event whenever it transitions between states (e.g., queued to in_progress, or in_progress to completed) or when its conclusion is set (e.g., success, failure, cancelled).
Action
Chat Completion
Tool to generate chat-based completions. use when you need conversational ai responses; call after assembling system and user messages.
Why this helps
A failed automation can derail the day when the first question is simply where to begin investigating.
- Creates a reliable starting point
- Limits troubleshooting overwhelm
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Writer to Notis once.
- 2Create the automation in the portal or tell Notis your desired outcome.
- 3Ask for an investigation checklist when a workflow run fails or is cancelled.
- 4Select the workflow run state trigger and a reporting channel.
- 5Run a controlled test to inspect the checklist.
Questions about this workflow
Will it fix the failed run?
No. It drafts a structured investigation plan using the run context.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Writer. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Writer 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.
Ask Question to Knowledge Graph
Tool to send a question to the knowledge graph and retrieve the answer. use after defining your question and optional 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.
Chat Completion
Tool to generate chat-based completions. use when you need conversational ai responses; call after assembling system and user messages.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
Create Knowledge Graph
Tool to create a new knowledge graph. use after defining nodes and edges to persist the graph.
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.
Delete Graph
Tool to delete a knowledge graph by its id. use when you need to remove a graph after confirming its identifier.
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.
List Applications
Tool to list all no-code agent applications. use when you need to retrieve all registered applications.
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.
List Files
Tool to list all uploaded files. use when you need to retrieve a paginated set of user files, optionally filtered by status, graph, or type. use after uploading files to inspect available files.
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.
List Knowledge Graphs
Tool to retrieve a list of knowledge graphs. use when you need an overview of existing graphs.
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
List Models
Tool to list all available language models. use when you need to discover which models can be used for completions.
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