Make Kieai Release Branches Harder to Break
Release confidence comes from repeatable guardrails. When a Kieai project is ready, let Notis add the checks that protect its branch.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Add status check contexts
Adds status check contexts (provided in the request body, e.g., `{"contexts": ["new-context"]}`) to a protected branch, requiring these contexts to have been previously reported.
Why this helps
Important branch protections are sometimes added late or inconsistently when founders are rushing toward launch.
- Standardize release safeguards.
- Reduce accidental pushes past required checks.
- Make launch readiness more repeatable.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Kieai and GitHub to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create the automation through the portal or ask Notis to create it.
- 3Tell Notis: When a Kieai project enters release preparation, add the specified status check contexts to its protected GitHub branch.
- 4Choose an incoming webhook trigger and reporting channel, then test on a non-critical protected branch.
Questions about this workflow
Do the status checks need to exist already?
Yes. GitHub requires the contexts to have been previously reported.
Can this change branch protection broadly?
Keep the instruction scoped to the named project and protected branch.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Kieai to GitHub. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Kieai 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.
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Kieai and GitHub, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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