Pull Render logs when a GitHub Actions run changes state
A red check in GitHub Actions usually sends you scrambling into Render to read logs. Notis watches the workflow run and, the moment its status or conclusion changes, delivers the matching Render logs straight to you so the answer is waiting.
Trigger
GitHub Workflow Run State Changed
Triggers when a GitHub Actions workflow run's status or conclusion changes. Monitors a single workflow run and fires an event whenever it transitions between states (e.g., queued to in_progress, or in_progress to completed) or when its conclusion is set (e.g., success, failure, cancelled).
Action
List Logs
Tool to list logs for a specific workspace and resource. Use when you need to retrieve logs for services, databases, or other resources, with support for filtering by time range, log type, severity level, and text content. Wildcards and regex patterns are supported for most text filters.
Why this helps
CI goes red, and now you are context-switching between GitHub Actions and the Render logs tab, trying to line up timestamps in your head. By the time you find the error you have lost the thread of what you were doing.
- Get Render logs delivered the instant a CI run finishes or fails.
- Diagnose deploy issues without opening the Render dashboard.
- Keep your debugging in one thread instead of three open tabs.
- Shrink the gap between a broken build and the log line that explains it.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Render to Notis once from the portal.
- 2Ask Notis for your portal link and open Automations, then New Automation.
- 3Describe it plainly: when a GitHub workflow run changes state, fetch the recent Render logs and send them to me.
- 4Select the GitHub Workflow Run State Changed trigger and pick your reporting channel.
- 5Re-run a workflow in GitHub Actions to confirm the Render logs land in your channel.
Questions about this workflow
Does this fire on every state change?
Yes, whenever the monitored run moves between states or gets a conclusion. Tell Notis in plain language if you only want logs on failure.
Can Notis filter the logs it returns?
You can describe the kind of logs you care about in the instruction, such as errors only, and Notis interprets that when it lists them.
Do I need to know the Render service ID?
No. You describe the service in words when you connect it, and Notis handles the lookup for you.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Render. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Render 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 Header Rule
Tool to add a custom HTTP header rule to a Render service. Use when you need to configure headers like Cache-Control, security headers, or CORS headers for specific request paths.
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.
Add or Update Secret File
Tool to add or update a secret file for a Render service. Use when you need to create a new secret file or update the content of an existing secret file.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
Add Resources to Environment
Tool to add resources to a Render environment. Use when you need to associate services, databases, Redis instances, or environment groups with an existing environment.
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.
Add Route
Tool to add redirect or rewrite rules to a Render service. Use when you need to configure URL routing, redirects, or rewrites for a service. Redirect rules send HTTP redirects to clients, while rewrite rules modify the request path internally.
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 Custom Domain
Tool to add a custom domain to a Render service. Use when you need to configure a custom domain for a service.
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 Environment Group
Tool to create a new environment group. Use when you need to create a shared collection of environment variables and secret files that can be used across multiple services.
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 Environment
Tool to create a new environment within a Render project. Use when you need to set up a new environment for organizing services, databases, and other resources.
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
Create Postgres Instance
Tool to create a new Postgres instance on Render. Use when you need to provision a new PostgreSQL database with configurable plan, version, and region.
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