Auto-add New Collaborators to Jira Watchers
A new team member joins your GitHub repo. Notis adds them to relevant Jira watchers so they see what's being worked on.
Trigger
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.
Action
Add Watcher to Issue
Adds a user to an issue's watcher list by account id.
Why this helps
New team members join a repository but don't get visibility into the corresponding Jira tickets. They're out of the loop on project status and decisions until someone manually adds them to watchers—if anyone remembers.
- Streamline new team member onboarding
- Ensure visibility across GitHub and Jira
- Reduce manual watcher management
- Keep distributed teams informed
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Jira to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: 'When a new collaborator is added to the repository, add them to watchers on key Jira issues.'
- 3Set trigger to 'New Repository Collaborator Added' and action to 'Add Watcher to Issue'.
- 4Specify which Jira project(s) to update watchers on.
- 5Test by adding a new collaborator to a test repository.
Questions about this workflow
Which Jira issues get the new watcher added?
Configure in your prompt—typically all issues in a project, or filter by status/label.
What if the collaborator doesn't have a Jira account?
The automation will skip or fail gracefully. Ensure all team members have Jira access first.
Can I add them to specific issue types only?
Yes—use your plain-language prompt to filter by issue type, component, or project.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Jira. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Jira 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.
Add Attachment
Uploads and attaches a file to a jira issue.
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.
Add Comment
Adds a comment using atlassian document format (adf) for rich text to an existing jira issue.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
Add Watcher to Issue
Adds a user to an issue's watcher list by account id.
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.
Assign Issue
Assigns a jira issue to a user, default assignee, or unassigns; supports email/name lookup.
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.
Bulk Create Issues
Creates multiple jira issues (up to 50 per call) with full feature support including markdown, assignee resolution, and priority handling.
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.
Create Issue
Creates a new jira issue (e.g., bug, task, story) in a specified project.
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.
Link Issues
Links two jira issues using a specified link type with optional comment.
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
Create Project
Creates a new jira project with required lead, template, and type configuration.
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