Get CircleCI test details from an email request
Ask Notis to look for test review requests and retrieve the CircleCI test metadata when the email supplies a job number.
Trigger
New Gmail Message Received Trigger
Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.
Action
Get Test Metadata
Tool to fetch test metadata for a specific job. use when you need detailed test results, run times, and failure messages after a job completes.
Why this helps
A request to investigate a failing build can require opening the email, switching to CircleCI, and searching for the test details.
- Bring test metadata closer to the request that prompted the review.
- Reduce manual searching for job test results.
- Make missing job numbers visible through the run report.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Gmail and CircleCI once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name and prompt.
- 3In one instruction, describe which test review requests to recognize and to retrieve test metadata using the job number in the message.
- 4Pick New Gmail Message Received as the trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real request that includes a CircleCI job number and review the report.
Questions about this workflow
What if the email does not include a job number?
The CircleCI test metadata action needs a specific job. Tell Notis in your instruction to report that the number is missing rather than guess.
Does this workflow rerun tests?
No. It retrieves test metadata for a specific job. It does not start or rerun a pipeline.
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
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