Auto-Document Why Each Branch Exists
Notis creates a purpose document in Google Drive whenever a branch is created. Your development branches stay intentional, organized, and understood by the whole team.
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 a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Why this helps
Branch names like 'fix-stuff-123' or 'experimental' leave new teammates confused about what's being worked on and why. Context lives only in the developer's head.
- Branch purpose is documented at creation time—no guesswork later
- New teammates understand ongoing work without asking
- Branch cleanup decisions become easier when purpose is clear
- Development focus stays visible across the team
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Google Drive to Notis.
- 2Tell Notis: 'When a new branch is created, add an entry to a documentation file in Google Drive with the branch name, creation date, and a note about its purpose.'
- 3Select 'New Branch Created' as your trigger.
- 4Choose a Notis reporting channel.
- 5Create a test branch in your repository to verify the automation.
Questions about this workflow
How does Notis know the purpose of a branch if only the name is given?
You can set up a pattern. For example: 'If branch starts with feature/, add "Adding a new feature" as the purpose.' Or you can ask Notis to prompt for or track branch descriptions from your commit messages.
Can I organize branches by type (feature, bugfix, release)?
Yes. Notis recognizes branch naming conventions and can organize the documentation accordingly—separate sections or folders for different branch types.
What if a branch is created accidentally?
You can manually update the doc to mark it as 'archived' or 'deleted.' Notis won't re-document the same branch.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Google Drive 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.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
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.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
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 Comment
Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.
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.
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
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.
Create File or Folder
Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).
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 a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
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.
Create a folder
Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
Create Reply
Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
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