Grant Codespaces secret access from approval email
Make an approved development environment ready without another checklist item.
Trigger
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
Action
Add a selected repository to a user secret
Grants a specified repository access to an authenticated user's existing codespaces secret, enabling codespaces created for that repository to use the secret.
Why this helps
A developer cannot use a prepared Codespace because a routine secret access request is still in the inbox.
- Reduces developer setup delays
- Keeps secret access deliberate
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Agent Mail and GitHub to Notis once.
- 2Create an automation from the portal.
- 3Tell Notis to grant a named repository access to an existing Codespaces secret after a trusted approval email.
- 4Select New Email Received, choose a private report channel, and test with a development repository.
Questions about this workflow
Can I keep production repositories excluded?
Yes. Explicitly name the repositories that may receive the secret in the prompt.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Agent mail to GitHub. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Agent mail triggers
GitHub actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Accept a repository invitation
Accepts a pending repository invitation that has been issued to the authenticated user.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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.
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
List stargazers
Deprecated: lists users who have starred a repository; use `list stargazers` instead.
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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