GitHub Team Mention Notifier (gh-team-mention-notifier)

gh-team-mention-notifier is a GitHub Action designed to notify specified communication platforms via webhooks when a team is mentioned or assigned in issues, PRs, or comments. It's compatible with Slack, Microsoft Teams, and other webhook-enabled services.

Features

• Team Mention and Assignment Detection: Detects mentions and assignments of teams in comments of issues, pull requests, and direct assignments.
• Customizable Configuration: Use a JSON file to map team mentions to webhook URLs.
• Multiple Platform Support: Compatible with any service that accepts incoming webhooks, including Slack and Microsoft Teams.
• Dockerized for Consistency: Runs in a Docker container for consistent testing and deployment environments.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• A GitHub repository where you can set up Actions.
• Docker environment as the action runs in a Docker container.
• Webhook URLs from the platforms (Slack, Microsoft Teams, etc.) where you want to send notifications.

Setup

1. Create and Configure the Configuration File

Create a file named notifications_config.json in your repository with the following structure:

[
    {
        "org": "github_org",
        "team_id": "team1",
        "webhook_secret_name": "TEAM1_WEBHOOK",
        "target_team_name": "@DifferentNameInTargetSystem"
    },
    {
        "org": "github_org",
        "team_id": "team2",
        "webhook_secret_name": "TEAM2_WEBHOOK"
    }
    // Add more team mappings as needed
]

This file maps team mentions to the environment variable names for your webhook URLs.

2. Commit the Configuration File

Commit the notifications_config.json file to your repository for the GitHub Action to access.

3. Set Up Secrets

For each team, set up a secret in your repository settings containing the webhook URL. The secret name should correspond to the webhook_secret_name specified in your configuration file.

Usage

In your GitHub workflow file (e.g., .github/workflows/notify.yml), configure the action as follows:

name: Team Mention Notification
on:
  issues:
    types: [opened, edited]
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, edited, review_requested]

jobs:
  notification_job:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Notify when team mentioned or assigned
    steps:
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Notify Teams
      uses: cmpsoares/gh-team-mention-notifier@v1.0.24
      with:
        config_path: 'notifications_config.json'
      env:
        TEAM1_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.TEAM1_WEBHOOK }}
        TEAM2_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.TEAM2_WEBHOOK }}
        # Add more environment variables as needed

Using Organization-Level Configuration Variables

In scenarios where you need to use organization-level configuration variables with gh-team-mention-notifier, follow these steps to set up and reference these variables in your workflow:

Setting Up Organization-Level Variables

1. Create Organization Variables: Define your configuration variables at the organization level on GitHub. This could include variables like ORG_NOTIFICATION_CONFIG to store the JSON configuration for team mentions.

2. Set Variable Visibility: Ensure the variable is set with the appropriate visibility settings. You can choose to make it available to all repositories or select specific repositories within your organization.

Updating Workflow to Use Organization Variables

In your GitHub workflow file, update the steps to use the organization variable using the vars context. Here's an example:

jobs:
  notification_job:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Setup Configuration
      run: |
        echo "$ORG_NOTIFICATION_CONFIG" > .github/workflows/notifications_config.json
      env:
        ORG_NOTIFICATION_CONFIG: ${{ vars.ORG_NOTIFICATION_CONFIG }}

    - name: Notify Teams
      uses: cmpsoares/gh-team-mention-notifier@latest
      with:
        config_path: '.github/workflows/notifications_config.json'

In this example, ORG_NOTIFICATION_CONFIG is an organization-level variable that contains the JSON configuration. The workflow writes this configuration to a file, which is then used by the gh-team-mention-notifier action.

Notes

• Make sure the organization variable ORG_NOTIFICATION_CONFIG is correctly set up and accessible to the repository where the workflow runs.
• This method is particularly useful for managing configuration centrally at the organization level, especially when the same configuration is shared across multiple repositories.

Contributing

Contributions to gh-team-mention-notifier are welcome! Please feel free to report issues, suggest features, or submit pull requests.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Acknowledgements

Thank you to all the contributors and users of gh-team-mention-notifier. Your support and feedback are greatly appreciated.