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- RepoRequired
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- RepoRequired
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- Issue Only
  If yes, only activity related to issues will be included.
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- Actor of EventRequired
  You can only trigger on events you performed, or events you received.
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- RepoRequired
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New Organization
Triggered when a new organization is created.
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- RepoRequired
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- Who is requested to review?
  Defaults to your Github account username.
- Repo
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- RepoRequired
  You may need to click "load more" in the dropdown if you have a lot of repos.
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- RepoRequired
  You may need to click "load more" in the dropdown if you have a lot of repos.
- Branch NameRequired
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- RepoRequired
  You may need to click "load more" in the dropdown if you have a lot of repos.
- TitleRequired
- Body
- Assignee
  Please enter in a repo first.
- Milestone
  Please enter in a repo first.
- Labels
  Labels must exist already. Can include multiple labels by typing in and using a comma as a separator. Capitalization matters! You must have push access to set labels!
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- RepoRequired
  You may need to click "load more" in the dropdown if you have a lot of repos.
- Pull RequestRequired
- Comment
  Required unless the action is to approve.
- ActionRequired
- Commit SHA
  The SHA of the commit that needs a review. Defaults to the most recent commit in the pull request.
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- RepoRequired
  You may need to click "load more" in the dropdown if you have a lot of repos.
- Pull RequestRequired
- Title
- Body
- State
- Base
  Branch to pull changes into.
Action
Write
- NameRequired
  What follows directly after https://github.com/.
Action
Search
- RepoRequired
  You may need to click "load more" in the dropdown if you have a lot of repos.
- StateRequired
- Search byRequired
- Search valueRequired
Action
Search
- Name (Login)
  What follows directly after https://github.com/. Defaults to the connected account.
Action
Search
- RepoRequired
  You may need to click "load more" in the dropdown if you have a lot of repos.
- StateRequired
- Search byRequired
- Search valueRequired
- TitleRequired
- Body
- HeadRequired
  Branch to pull changes from.
- BaseRequired
  Branch to pull changes into.
- Instant Merge
  If yes, we will automatically close and merge pull request if possible.
Action
Search or write
- TeamRequired
  The team for the issue.
- Status
  The issue status.
- Creator
  The user who created this issue.
- Assignee
  The assignee of this issue.
- Priority
  The priority of the issue.
- Label
  Label which was assigned to the issue.
- Project
  Issue's project.
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- IssueRequired
  The ID of the issue. Both UUID and application ID formats are accepted.
- Comment BodyRequired
  The text body of the comment in markdown.
Action
Write

- RepoRequired
  You may need to click "load more" in the dropdown if you have a lot of repos.
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- RepoRequired
  You may need to click "load more" in the dropdown if you have a lot of repos.
- Head
  Branch to pull commits from. If unspecified, will use the repository's default branch (usually master or develop).
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- Which gists?
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- Which types of issues should this trigger on?
  Defaults to any issue you can see.
- Organization
  Defaults to your Github account.
- Repo
  You may need to click "load more" in the dropdown if you have a lot of repos.
- Label
  Only trigger on Issues when this label is added.
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New Mention
Triggers when your Github username is mentioned in a Commit, Comment, Issue or Pull Request.
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- Repo
  If blank, we will retrieve all notifications.
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- RepoRequired
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New Repository
Triggered when a new repository is created.
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New Team
Triggered when you are added to a team
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- RepoRequired
  You may need to click "load more" in the dropdown if you have a lot of repos.
- BodyRequired
  The comment's body
- Issue or Pull requestRequired
Action
Write
- Gist FilenameRequired
- Content of the GistRequired
- Description
- Make Gist Public?
  If yes, the gist will be publicly accessible and sharable.
Action
Write
- RepoRequired
  You may need to click "load more" in the dropdown if you have a lot of repos.
- TitleRequired
- Body
- HeadRequired
  Branch to pull changes from.
- BaseRequired
  Branch to pull changes into.
- Instant Merge
  If yes, we will automatically close and merge pull request if possible.
Action
Write
- RepoRequired
  You may need to click "load more" in the dropdown if you have a lot of repos.
- IssueRequired
- Title
- Body
- Assignee
  Please enter in a repo first.
- Milestone
  Please enter in a repo first.
- Labels
  Labels must exist already. Can include multiple labels by typing in and using a comma as a separator. Capitalization matters! You must have push access to set labels!
Action
Write
- Organization NameRequired
  What follows directly after https://github.com/. If the connected account is not a member of the organization, we can only check if the user is a public member member.
- User Name (Login)Required
  What follows directly after https://github.com/.
Action
Search
- Organization or User Name
  What follows directly after https://github.com/. Defaults to the connected account.
- Repository NameRequired
  What follows directly after https://github.com/:owner/.
Action
Search
- RepoRequired
  You may need to click "load more" in the dropdown if you have a lot of repos.
- StateRequired
- Search byRequired
- Search valueRequired
Action
Search
- RepoRequired
  You may need to click "load more" in the dropdown if you have a lot of repos.
- StateRequired
- Search byRequired
- Search valueRequired
- TitleRequired
- Body
- Assignee
  Please enter in a repo first.
- Milestone
  Please enter in a repo first.
- Labels
  Labels must exist already. Can include multiple labels by typing in and using a comma as a separator. Capitalization matters! You must have push access to set labels!
Action
Search or write
- Team
  Only trigger on comments created to this team.
- Creator
  Only trigger on comments added by this user.
- Issue ID
  Only trigger on comments added to this issue identified by its ID (UUID or application ID).
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- TeamRequired
  The team for the issue.
- Status
  The issue status.
- Creator
  The user who created this issue.
- Assignee
  The assignee of this issue.
- Priority
  The priority of the issue.
- Label
  Label which was assigned to the issue.
- Project
  Issue's project.
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- TeamRequired
  The team for which the issue will be created
- TitleRequired
  The title of the issue
- Description
  The description of the issue in markdown format
- Status
  The status of the issue
- Assignee
  The assignee of the issue
- Priority
  Select this issue's priority
- Estimate
  Select this issue's estimate
- Labels
  Tag the issue with labels
- Project
  The issue project
Action
Write

How GitHub + Linear Integrations Work

Step 1: Authenticate GitHub and Linear.
30 seconds
Step 2: Pick one of the apps as a trigger, which will kick off your automation.
15 seconds
Step 3: Choose a resulting action from the other app.
15 seconds
Step 4: Select the data you want to send from one app to the other.
2 minutes
That’s it! More time to work on other things.

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GitHub + Linear Integrations

How to connect GitHub + Linear

Create Linear issues from new GitHub pull requests

Create GitHub issues for new Linear issues effortlessly

Create Linear issues from new GitHub pull requests

Create GitHub issues for new Linear issues effortlessly

Connect your apps and automate workflows

New Branch

New Commit Comment

RepoRequired

New Repo Event

RepoRequired

Issue Only

New Global Event

Actor of EventRequired

New Label

RepoRequired

New Milestone

RepoRequired

New Organization

New Release

RepoRequired

New Review Request

Who is requested to review?

Repo

New Watcher

RepoRequired

Delete Branch

RepoRequired

Branch NameRequired

Create Issue

RepoRequired

TitleRequired

Body

Assignee

Milestone

Labels

Submit Review

RepoRequired

Pull RequestRequired

Comment

ActionRequired

Commit SHA

Update Pull Request

RepoRequired

Pull RequestRequired

Title

Body

State

Base

Find Organization

NameRequired

Find Issue

RepoRequired

StateRequired

Search byRequired

Search valueRequired

Find User

Name (Login)

Find or Create a Pull Request

RepoRequired

StateRequired

Search byRequired

Search valueRequired

TitleRequired

Body

HeadRequired

BaseRequired

Instant Merge

New Issue

TeamRequired

Status

Creator

Assignee

Priority

Label

Project

Create Comment

IssueRequired

Comment BodyRequired