Automate GitHub Release Notifications with n8n
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Streamline your development workflow by automatically tracking and notifying your team about new GitHub releases. This n8n workflow ensures you never miss an important update from your favorite repositories.
About This Workflow
This n8n workflow provides a robust solution for monitoring GitHub releases across multiple repositories. It's designed to run on a schedule, fetching release information and intelligently determining if a new release has occurred. For each new release, it extracts key details such as the release title, publication date, and download link, preparing them for further action. The workflow also includes error handling and detailed logging to ensure smooth operation. By integrating with tools like Slack, you can receive instant notifications, keeping your team informed and agile. This template is ideal for developers, DevOps engineers, and project managers who need to stay on top of software updates and dependencies.
Key Features
- Scheduled Monitoring: Automatically checks for new GitHub releases at predefined intervals.
- Multi-Repository Support: Configurable to track releases from a curated list of GitHub repositories.
- Intelligent New Release Detection: Identifies genuinely new releases to avoid duplicate notifications.
- Detailed Release Data Extraction: Captures essential information like release title, download links, and publication dates.
- Error Handling & Notification: Alerts you via Slack if any part of the workflow encounters an issue.
- Customizable Notifications: Tailor your release alerts to fit your team's communication needs.
How To Use
- Trigger Configuration: The 'Cron Trigger' is set to run every 10 minutes between 9 AM and 11 PM daily (
0 */10 9-23 * * *). Adjust this schedule as needed. - GitHub Repository List: In the 'GitHub Config' node, update the
nameandgithub(e.g.,organization/repository) fields to include the repositories you want to monitor. - Error Handling: The 'If No Error' node checks if any errors occurred during the process. If an error is found, the 'Send Error' node (Slack) will be triggered.
- New Release Check: The 'If New' node compares the latest release ID with the cached one to determine if a new release has been published.
- Data Preparation: If a new release is detected, the 'Edit Fields' node extracts and formats the relevant release information.
- Slack Integration: The 'Send Error' node is configured to send messages to a specific Slack channel (
C08ME7TDZ3J) with customizable message content. Ensure your Slack credentials are set up. - (Optional) Further Actions: You can add more nodes after the 'Edit Fields' node to perform additional actions, such as saving release data to a database, creating a ticket, or sending a different type of notification.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "c02ae16b-0329-4e87-af53-edcd6b554c51",
"name": "Automate GitHub Release Notifications with n8n",
"nodes": 15,
"category": "DevOps",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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