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Lab 1: Create a workflow that comments on an issue

Here is a lab that helps you on the way of using GitHub Actions for any automation you can think off.

If you're really stuck, there are hints in the help folder that can get you to the next step.

1. Create an comment to an issue

The basics of IssueOps is to comment back to the issue/PR conversation and indicate that you are doing something in the background. Let's build some of this ourselves!

Create a workflow that adds a comment on an issue, using the three different setups below:

  1. Using the GitHub CLI: gh issue comment create --body "Hello World" --issue 1
  2. Using the actions/github-script@v6 action
  3. Only add a comment when the issue is labeled with bug

Tip

Notice which user get attributed to have made the comment. Is it the Author of the issue/PR, or somthing else?

Important

The goal is to have a workflow that triggers when someone creates an issue or pull request. The workflow should add a comment to the issue/PR conversation.

1. Use notifications effectively

A user only gets a notification when they actually follow the repository (more info in this explainer video). When using IssueOps, you can automate tagging a user or a team to make sure they get the notifications.

  1. Tag yourself when an issue or pull request is created. Here is an action from the marketplace that can help.
  2. Look at the notification options when you are at the root of the repository (Code tab). Click on the Watch button and look at the options.
  3. Check your notification settings/subscriptions, by going to the notification page and in the lower left hand part of the list, follow the links

Notifications can be hard to get a grasp on at first. After knowing how this works, and tweaking your settings, things can be pretty different. Learn how to harness the power of notifications with this explainer video on YouTube.

Important

The goal is to have a workflow that triggers when someone creates an issue or pull request. The workflow should tag you in the issue/PR conversation which means you get a notification for this issue.