Dedicate time to reviews when teammates need you
When someone requests your review on a pull request, Notis immediately blocks time on your calendar so you can get to it before it gets buried.
Trigger
GitHub Pull Request Reviewers Changed
Triggers when the list of requested reviewers (users or teams) for a pull request changes — for example when a reviewer is added, removed, or re-requested. The payload includes the full current reviewer list (users and teams with details), which reviewers were added, which were removed, and the previous reviewer list for reference.
Action
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
Why this helps
A teammate requests your review. The notification shows up, you read it, then switch back to what you were doing. The notification clears from your inbox. Three hours later you realize you never got to it. Your teammate pings you. You feel guilty, rush through the review, miss important details. The PR sits in limbo waiting for you.
- Prioritize review requests by immediately blocking time for them
- Reduce review turnaround time by keeping requests visible on your calendar
- Prevent review backlogs by honoring review requests when they arrive, not whenever you remember
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Google Calendar to Notis
- 2Ask Notis: 'When someone requests my review on a pull request, block time on my calendar' or create it in Automations
- 3Specify how long each review block should be (30 minutes, 1 hour, etc.)
- 4Choose your notification channel for summaries
- 5Have a teammate request your review on a test PR and confirm the calendar event appears
Questions about this workflow
Will this trigger even if I'm already reviewing the PR?
Yes, it creates an event each time review is requested. You can tell Notis to skip if you already have a review draft to avoid duplicates.
Can I combine multiple review requests into one calendar slot?
You can if you want to batch them. Tell Notis to collect review requests for a few hours, then create one larger block.
What if I want to decline some review requests?
The calendar event is just a reminder. You can delete it or tell Notis to track declined reviews separately if needed.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Google Calendar 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.
Insert Calendar into List
Inserts an existing calendar into the user's calendar list.
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.
Update Calendar List Entry
Updates an existing entry on the user\'s calendar list.
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 Calendar
Deletes a secondary calendar. use calendars.clear for clearing all events on primary calendars.
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.
Update Calendar
Updates metadata for a calendar.
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.
Clear Calendar
Clears a primary calendar. this operation deletes all events associated with the primary calendar of an account.
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.
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
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.
Delete event
Deletes a specified event by `event id` from a google calendar (`calendar id`); this action is idempotent and raises a 404 error if the event is not found.
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
Create a calendar
Creates a new, empty google calendar with the specified title (summary).
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