Check GitHub team access for Canvas topics
Prevent a new conversation from exposing an invisible permission problem later.
Trigger
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
Action
Check team permissions for a repository
Checks a team's permissions for a specific repository within an organization, including permissions inherited from parent teams.
Why this helps
Teams can be named as owners before they have the repository access to act.
- Confirms team readiness
- Avoids delayed escalations
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and GitHub to Notis once.
- 2Create a new automation.
- 3Describe which team and repository Notis should check for relevant topics.
- 4Choose New Canvas Discussion Topic and a report channel.
- 5Create a sample topic to test the check.
Questions about this workflow
Does this change permissions?
No. It checks the team's current repository permissions.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to GitHub. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas 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.
Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
List stargazers
Deprecated: lists users who have starred a repository; use `list stargazers` instead.
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Star a repository for the authenticated user
Deprecated: stars a repository for the authenticated user; use `star a repository for the authenticated user` instead.
New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
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.
New Canvas Discussion Topic
Polls a Canvas course for new discussion topics.
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.
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
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.
New Canvas File Upload
Polls a Canvas course for new file uploads.
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canvas and GitHub, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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