Github Discussion Created Notification to Slack & Email

Use the Github integration by MagicBell to setup a workflow when discussion triggers in Github.

Connect Github to MagicBell to receive events and trigger workflows. This guide uses the MagicBell CLI.

Add the Github integration

Save your Github webhook signing secret in MagicBell. See GitHub webhooks.

magicbell integration save_github \
  --data '{"webhook_signing_secret":"your_secret_here"}'

Copy the ID from the response and use it to build your webhook URL:

https://api.magicbell.com/v2/integrations/github/webhooks/incoming/{id}

Setup the webhook

Setup a webhook in Github with the URL from the last step.
Select the discussion event.
If you already have a webhook configured, make sure it includes this event.

Add a workflow

Create a workflow that triggers automatically when Github sends this event.

Workflow key

Use this key to trigger the workflow when Github sends a discussion event:

integration.github.discussion

Filter by action: GitHub sends the event type in the header and the action in the payload body. Use an if condition to filter for the created action:

"if": "payload.action == 'created'"

Example workflow

Notify maintainers when new discussions are created. Keep the team informed about community feedback.

{
  "key": "integration.github.discussion.created",
  "steps": [
    {
      "command": "broadcast",
      "input": {
        "action_url": "{{payload.discussion.html_url}}",
        "content": "{{payload.sender.login}} started a {{payload.discussion.category.name}} discussion in {{payload.repository.full_name}}.",
        "overrides": {
          "providers": {
            "slack": {}
          }
        },
        "recipients": [
          {
            "external_id": "maintainers"
          }
        ],
        "title": "New discussion: {{payload.discussion.title}}"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Save with the CLI

Use the MagicBell CLI to save this workflow to your project. You can also use the Workflows API endpoint instead.

magicbell workflow save \
  --data '{"key":"integration.github.discussion.created","steps":[{"command":"broadcast","input":{"action_url":"{{payload.discussion.html_url}}","content":"{{payload.sender.login}} started a {{payload.discussion.category.name}} discussion in {{payload.repository.full_name}}.","overrides":{"providers":{"slack":{}}},"recipients":[{"external_id":"maintainers"}],"title":"New discussion: {{payload.discussion.title}}"}}]}'

Event payload

Sample payload for the discussion event. Use liquid templates to access fields in your workflow.

{
  "action": "created",
  "discussion": {
    "author_association": "NONE",
    "body": "It would be great to have a dark mode option for the dashboard. Many users prefer dark interfaces for reduced eye strain.\n\n## Use Case\nUsers who work late at night or in low-light environments would benefit from this feature.\n\n## Proposed Solution\nAdd a theme toggle in the settings panel.",
    "category": {
      "description": "Share ideas for new features",
      "emoji": "💡",
      "id": 111,
      "is_answerable": false,
      "name": "Ideas",
      "node_id": "DIC_kwDOABC123",
      "slug": "ideas"
    },
    "comments": 0,
    "created_at": "2025-01-15T19:00:00Z",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/acme/project/discussions/15",
    "id": 123456789,
    "locked": false,
    "node_id": "D_kwDOABC123",
    "number": 15,
    "reactions": {
      "+1": 0,
      "-1": 0,
      "confused": 0,
      "eyes": 0,
      "heart": 0,
      "hooray": 0,
      "laugh": 0,
      "rocket": 0,
      "total_count": 0,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/acme/project/discussions/15/reactions"
    },
    "state": "open",
    "title": "Feature Request: Add dark mode support",
    "updated_at": "2025-01-15T19:00:00Z",
    "user": {
      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/567890",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/community-member",
      "id": 567890,
      "login": "community-member",
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjU2Nzg5MA==",
      "type": "User"
    }
  },
  "organization": {
    "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/111111",
    "description": "Building great software",
    "id": 111111,
    "login": "acme"
  },
  "repository": {
    "default_branch": "main",
    "full_name": "acme/project",
    "has_discussions": true,
    "html_url": "https://github.com/acme/project",
    "id": 987654321,
    "name": "project",
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnk5ODc2NTQzMjE=",
    "owner": {
      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/111111",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/acme",
      "id": 111111,
      "login": "acme",
      "type": "Organization"
    },
    "private": false,
    "visibility": "public"
  },
  "sender": {
    "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/567890",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/community-member",
    "id": 567890,
    "login": "community-member",
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjU2Nzg5MA==",
    "type": "User"
  }
}

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