Automatically track release tags in Linear

Release tags mark important milestones but they're easy to miss when your team lives in Linear. Notis automatically creates a Linear issue for each new tag so every release is visible in your milestone tracking.

Trigger

New Repository Tag Created

Triggers when a new tag is created in a GitHub repository. Monitors the repository's tags and fires an event for each newly created tag. The payload includes the tag name, the commit SHA and URL it points to, and archive download URLs.

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Action

Create linear issue

Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.

Why this helps

Release history lives in GitHub tags but team members don't routinely check tags. This means important release milestones don't get tracked in Linear where they're needed for planning and coordination.

  • Release milestones tracked automatically in Linear
  • Complete release history visible in one place
  • Never miss a release milestone
  • Simplify release planning and coordination

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect GitHub and Linear to Notis.
  • 2Create the automation: 'When a new release tag is created, create a Linear issue to track that release milestone.'
  • 3Select your notification channel.
  • 4Choose the trigger: New Repository Tag Created.
  • 5Test by creating a new tag and verify the Linear issue appears.

Questions about this workflow

Should I only track version tags or all tags?

Your prompt can filter by tag pattern, e.g., 'only for tags starting with v' to track releases separately from other tags.

Can I auto-assign the release issue to a release manager?

Yes. Notis can assign release tracking issues to a designated person automatically.

What should I include in the release tracking issue?

Notis can include the tag name, commit details, and links to GitHub for full context.

Can I group releases by version or date?

Yes. Your prompt can organize releases into cycles or projects by version.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Linear. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

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GitHub triggers

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Linear 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.

TriggerPolling

Create linear attachment

Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing linear issue.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Create a comment

Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.

ActionInstant

New Branch Created

Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.

TriggerPolling

Create linear issue

Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Get create issue default params

Fetches a linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Create a label

Creates a new label in linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Delete issue

Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Get all teams

Retrieves all teams from the linear workspace without requiring any parameters.

ActionInstant

Commit Event

Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.

TriggerInstant

Download issue attachments

Downloads a specific attachment from a linear issue; the `file name` must include the correct file extension.

ActionInstant

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