Keep important issue conversations tied to the right business
A new comment can change the next step. Notis makes sure the business context travels with it.
Trigger
New GitHub Issue Comment
Triggers when a new comment is added to a specific GitHub issue. Only genuinely new comments are emitted; edits to existing comments do not produce duplicate events. The payload includes the comment ID, text body, author details, timestamps, and direct links to the comment on GitHub.
Action
List Businesses
Tool to list all businesses associated with the authenticated user.
Why this helps
Decisions often live in comments, while billing context stays in someone’s memory.
- Catch commercially meaningful discussion
- Reduce rereading and mental reconstruction
- Keep client context attached to evolving issues
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and FreshBooks to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create the automation in the portal or ask Notis conversationally.
- 3Tell Notis: “When a new comment is added to a GitHub issue, list FreshBooks businesses and flag any comment that suggests a billing or scope follow-up.”
- 4Pick the new issue comment trigger, choose the reporting channel, and test with one useful comment.
Questions about this workflow
Can it ignore routine comments?
Yes. Ask Notis to report only comments that mention scope, requests, estimates, or client decisions.
Does it modify the issue?
No. It reports the FreshBooks business context in your chosen channel.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Freshbooks. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Freshbooks actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
List Businesses
Tool to list all businesses associated with the authenticated user.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
List Projects
Tool to list all projects for a business. use after confirming the business id.
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.
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.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
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.
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.
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
GitHub and Freshbooks, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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