Github pull_request_review_comment Event Notification to Slack & Email
Learn how to listen to the pull_request_review_comment webhook event from Github to trigger a notification workflow in MagicBell.
Event payload
Sample payload for the pull_request_review_comment event.
{
"action": "created",
"comment": {
"author_association": "MEMBER",
"body": "Consider using structured logging here instead of fmt.Println.",
"commit_id": "abc123def456789012345678901234567890abcd",
"created_at": "2025-01-16T16:00:00Z",
"diff_hunk": "@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {\n- fmt.Println(\"old code\")\n+ fmt.Println(\"new code\")",
"html_url": "https://github.com/acme/project/pull/123#discussion_r123456789",
"id": 123456789,
"line": 45,
"node_id": "PRRC_kwDOABC123",
"original_commit_id": "abc123def456789012345678901234567890abcd",
"original_line": 45,
"original_position": 5,
"original_side": "RIGHT",
"original_start_line": null,
"path": "src/api/handler.go",
"position": 5,
"pull_request_review_id": 987654321,
"pull_request_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/acme/project/pulls/123",
"side": "RIGHT",
"start_line": null,
"start_side": null,
"updated_at": "2025-01-16T16:00:00Z",
"user": {
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/345678",
"html_url": "https://github.com/senior-dev",
"id": 345678,
"login": "senior-dev",
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjM0NTY3OA==",
"type": "User"
}
},
"organization": {
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/111111",
"description": "Building great software",
"id": 111111,
"login": "acme"
},
"pull_request": {
"base": {
"ref": "main",
"sha": "789xyz012abc345def678901234567890xyz012"
},
"head": {
"ref": "feature/oauth2-auth",
"sha": "abc123def456789012345678901234567890abcd"
},
"html_url": "https://github.com/acme/project/pull/123",
"id": 1234567890,
"node_id": "PR_kwDOABC123",
"number": 123,
"state": "open",
"title": "Add new authentication feature",
"user": {
"id": 234567,
"login": "john-dev",
"type": "User"
}
},
"repository": {
"default_branch": "main",
"full_name": "acme/project",
"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/345678",
"html_url": "https://github.com/senior-dev",
"id": 345678,
"login": "senior-dev",
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjM0NTY3OA==",
"type": "User"
}
}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 pull_request_review_comment 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. Use liquid templates to access fields in your workflow.
Workflow key
Use this key to trigger the workflow when Github sends a pull_request_review_comment event:
integration.github.pull_request_review_commentFilter 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 PR authors when reviewers leave line comments.
{
"key": "integration.github.pull_request_review_comment.created",
"steps": [
{
"command": "broadcast",
"input": {
"action_url": "{{payload.comment.html_url}}",
"content": "{{payload.sender.login}} commented on {{payload.comment.path}}: {{payload.comment.body}}",
"overrides": {
"providers": {
"email": {},
"slack": {}
}
},
"recipients": [
{
"external_id": "{{payload.pull_request.user.login}}"
}
],
"title": "Review comment on PR #{{payload.pull_request.number}}"
}
}
]
}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.pull_request_review_comment.created","steps":[{"command":"broadcast","input":{"action_url":"{{payload.comment.html_url}}","content":"{{payload.sender.login}} commented on {{payload.comment.path}}: {{payload.comment.body}}","overrides":{"providers":{"email":{},"slack":{}}},"recipients":[{"external_id":"{{payload.pull_request.user.login}}"}],"title":"Review comment on PR #{{payload.pull_request.number}}"}}]}'Test the workflow
Use the Github CLI to trigger test events and verify your workflow executes correctly.
1. Trigger a test event
Use the GitHub CLI to forward webhook events from your repository to MagicBell:
gh webhook forward \
--events=pull_request_review_comment \
--url=https://api.magicbell.com/v2/integrations/github/webhooks/incoming/{id}2. Verify the workflow ran
Check that MagicBell received the event and executed the workflow:
magicbell workflow list_runs --workflow_key integration.github.pull_request_review_comment.created3. Debug issues
If the workflow failed or you need more details, fetch the run to see step-by-step execution:
magicbell workflow fetch_run --run_id {run_id}Other pull notification workflows
pull_request Notify reviewers when a new pull request is opened. Notify the team lead if the PR has more than 500 lines changed.
pull_request_review Notify PR authors when their pull request is reviewed.
pull_request_review_thread Notify PR authors when review threads are resolved.
pull_request_target Handle pull requests from forks that trigger workflows in the target repository.