Add new hires to GitHub teams from Outlook
Keep onboarding moving while you are already welcoming the person.
Trigger
New Sent Message
Triggered when a new message is sent from the Outlook mailbox.
Action
Add or update team membership for a user
Adds a github user to a team or updates their role (member or maintainer), inviting them to the organization if not already a member; idempotent, returning current details if no change is made.
Why this helps
New-hire setup is fragmented across welcome emails, team lists, and access tasks.
- Shortens onboarding
- Reduces checklist fatigue
- Keeps teams current
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and GitHub to Notis once.
- 2Create an automation in Automations.
- 3Ask Notis to add the new hire to the appropriate GitHub team after the welcome email is sent.
- 4Choose New Sent Message and a run-report channel.
- 5Send one onboarding email as a test.
Questions about this workflow
Can this set a team role?
Include the intended role in your plain-language instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Outlook to GitHub. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Outlook triggers
GitHub actions
New Contact Added
Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.
Accept a repository invitation
Accepts a pending repository invitation that has been issued to the authenticated user.
Calendar Event Changes
Triggered when a new calendar event occurs (created, updated, or deleted) in the Outlook calendar.
List repositories starred by the authenticated user
Deprecated: lists repositories starred by the authenticated user, including star creation timestamps; use 'list repositories starred by the authenticated user' instead.
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
List stargazers
Deprecated: lists users who have starred a repository; use `list stargazers` instead.
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Star a repository for the authenticated user
Deprecated: stars a repository for the authenticated user; use `star a repository for the authenticated user` instead.
New Sent Message
Triggered when a new message is sent from the Outlook mailbox.
Add email for auth user
Adds one or more email addresses (which will be initially unverified) to the authenticated user's github account; use this to associate new emails, noting an email verified for another account will error, while an existing email for the current user is accepted.
Add app access restrictions
Replaces github app access restrictions for an existing protected branch; requires a json array of app slugs in the request body, where apps must be installed and have 'contents' write permissions.
Add a repository collaborator
Adds a github user as a repository collaborator, or updates their permission if already a collaborator; `permission` applies to organization-owned repositories (personal ones default to 'push' and ignore this field), and an invitation may be created or permissions updated directly.
Add a repository to an app installation
Adds a repository to a github app installation, granting the app access; requires authenticated user to have admin rights for the repository and access to the installation.
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