Onboard team members to GitHub from WhatsApp
You hire someone or add them to a project. Instead of manually inviting them to GitHub, you just mention them in a WhatsApp message and Notis handles the rest.
Trigger
New Message Received
Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.
Action
Add or update team membership for a user
Adds a github user to a team or updates their role (member or maintainer), inviting them to the organization if not already a member; idempotent, returning current details if no change is made.
Why this helps
New team members sit in an onboarding limbo—they're in Slack but not GitHub, so they can't access code or contribute. You forget the invite until they ask.
- Onboard contributors instantly without manual GitHub admin steps
- No more forgotten invitations
- Team members can start contributing the same day
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect WhatsApp and GitHub to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: 'When I send a WhatsApp message with a new person's name, add them to my GitHub team'.
- 3Set the trigger to 'new message received'.
- 4Tell Notis which GitHub team to add them to and what role they should have (member or maintainer).
- 5Test by sending a WhatsApp message like 'Add Jordan to the backend team' and confirm they appear in GitHub the next minute.
Questions about this workflow
What if the person isn't a GitHub user yet?
Notis will create a placeholder and invite them. They'll receive a GitHub invitation email and can join immediately.
Can I set different roles (member vs. maintainer) for different people?
Yes. You can specify roles in your WhatsApp message, or set up multiple automations for different role levels.
Does this work for organization-wide teams or just repos?
This workflow adds people to GitHub teams, which can be org-wide or repo-specific. You control the scope when you set it up.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Whatsapp to GitHub. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Whatsapp triggers
GitHub actions
Message Status Updated
Triggers when a WhatsApp message status changes. IMPORTANT LIMITATION: WhatsApp Cloud API does not provide a native polling endpoint for message status. Status updates are ONLY delivered via webhooks in real-time. This trigger cannot directly poll the WhatsApp API for status updates. This trigger will return empty results as WhatsApp does not support this operation. To track message status updates, you must: 1. Set up a webhook endpoint to receive status notifications from WhatsApp 2. Store the webhook data in your own database 3. Use a different mechanism to query your stored webhook data For more information, see: - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/webhooks
Accept a repository invitation
Accepts a pending repository invitation that has been issued to the authenticated user.
New Message Received
Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.
List repositories starred by the authenticated user
Deprecated: lists repositories starred by the authenticated user, including star creation timestamps; use 'list repositories starred by the authenticated user' instead.
Interactive Reply Received
Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.
List stargazers
Deprecated: lists users who have starred a repository; use `list stargazers` instead.
Message Template Status Update
Triggered when the review status of a WhatsApp message template changes — for example approved, rejected, or flagged — on your WhatsApp Business Account.
Star a repository for the authenticated user
Deprecated: stars a repository for the authenticated user; use `star a repository for the authenticated user` instead.
Add email for auth user
Adds one or more email addresses (which will be initially unverified) to the authenticated user's github account; use this to associate new emails, noting an email verified for another account will error, while an existing email for the current user is accepted.
Add app access restrictions
Replaces github app access restrictions for an existing protected branch; requires a json array of app slugs in the request body, where apps must be installed and have 'contents' write permissions.
Add a repository collaborator
Adds a github user as a repository collaborator, or updates their permission if already a collaborator; `permission` applies to organization-owned repositories (personal ones default to 'push' and ignore this field), and an invitation may be created or permissions updated directly.
Add a repository to an app installation
Adds a repository to a github app installation, granting the app access; requires authenticated user to have admin rights for the repository and access to the installation.
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