Respond to Workflow Failures Immediately
A build breaks and sits failing for hours because no one noticed. Notis alerts you on WhatsApp the moment it fails, with buttons to retry or investigate.
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
Send interactive buttons
Send an interactive button message to a whatsapp number. button messages allow users to quickly respond by tapping up to 3 predefined buttons. perfect for yes/no questions, quick choices, or call-to-action scenarios. note: the message will be delivered to the recipient only if they have texted first.
Why this helps
Failed CI/CD pipelines silently break deployments. You only find out when a customer reports an issue or a teammate asks 'why isn't this merged yet?'. By then, hours have passed.
- Find failed builds in minutes, not hours
- Quick decision on whether to retry or dive into logs
- Reduce blocked deployments caused by missed failures
- Keep your team unblocked without constant GitHub checks
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and WhatsApp to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: 'When a workflow run fails, send me an interactive message on WhatsApp with options to Retry, View Logs, and Mark as Known Issue'.
- 3Notis will send the alert to WhatsApp with buttons for your chosen actions.
- 4Test by intentionally triggering a workflow failure.
- 5Verify the buttons work and confirm which actions make sense for your team.
Questions about this workflow
Can I retry the workflow directly from WhatsApp?
Not through the button itself, but Notis can open the GitHub Actions page or send you the exact command to run. You'll tap the button and get a link with context.
Should I get alerted for every workflow failure?
Tell Notis to filter: 'Only alert me for failures in production workflows' or 'Skip flaky tests and only report real failures'. You control the signal-to-noise ratio.
What if the same workflow fails multiple times?
Notis can batch or deduplicate alerts so you don't get spammed. For example: 'Group repeated failures and send one alert per hour'.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Whatsapp. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Whatsapp 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.
Create message template
Create a new message template for the whatsapp business account. templates must be approved by whatsapp before they can be used. templates are required for marketing messages and messages sent outside the 24-hour window.
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.
Delete message template
Delete a message template from the whatsapp business account. this permanently removes the template and it cannot be recovered. only delete templates that are no longer needed.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
Get business profile
Get the business profile information for a whatsapp business phone number. this includes business details like description, address, website, and contact info.
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.
Get media
Get information about uploaded media including a temporary download url. the download url is valid for 5 minutes and can be used to retrieve the actual media file. this is useful for downloading media that was sent to your whatsapp number.
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.
Get media info
Get metadata about uploaded media without generating a download url. this is useful for checking file size, type, and hash without downloading the file. use get media if you need the actual download url.
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.
Get message templates
Get all message templates for the whatsapp business account. templates are required for sending messages outside the 24-hour window and for marketing/utility messages.
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.
Get phone number
Get details of a specific phone number associated with a whatsapp business account.
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
Get phone numbers
Get all phone numbers associated with a whatsapp business account (waba).
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