New GitHub issues in Slack

Every new issue in your repo is posted to your team's Slack channel.

Easy Saves ~1 hours/month Developer & ITBy Flowngn team

Works with n8n · Make · Zapier

Stay on top of things

How it works

Trigger: GitHub — issue opened

Receive the new issue event from GitHub.
Post the title, author, labels and link to #dev in Slack.

Diagram

Trigger App Logic

Build it

Pick your tool — same automation, step by step.

Copy and paste straight into an n8n canvas (Ctrl+V), or download and use Import from File. Then connect your own credentials and replace every YOUR_… placeholder.

Workflow JSON

Show code (131 lines)

{
  "name": "New GitHub issues in Slack (Flowngn)",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "content": "## New GitHub issues in Slack\nEvery new issue in your repo is posted to your team's Slack channel.\n\n**Setup**\n1. Open each node and connect your own credentials.\n2. Replace every YOUR_… placeholder.\n3. Test once, then activate.\n\nFree template from Flowngn",
        "height": 260,
        "width": 340
      },
      "id": "26067c04-e776-42a7-a37a-b6a76afcba64",
      "name": "Setup notes",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        -420,
        -60
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "owner": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "YOUR_GITHUB_USER",
          "mode": "name"
        },
        "repository": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "YOUR_REPO",
          "mode": "name"
        },
        "events": [
          "issues"
        ],
        "options": {}
      },
      "id": "26067c04-e776-42a7-a37a-b6a76afcba64",
      "name": "Issue event",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.githubTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "webhookId": "26067c04-e776-42a7-a37a-b6a76afcba64"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "conditions": {
          "options": {
            "caseSensitive": true,
            "leftValue": "",
            "typeValidation": "loose"
          },
          "conditions": [
            {
              "id": "c1",
              "leftValue": "={{ $json.body.action }}",
              "rightValue": "opened",
              "operator": {
                "type": "string",
                "operation": "equals"
              }
            }
          ],
          "combinator": "and"
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "id": "26067c04-e776-42a7-a37a-b6a76afcba64",
      "name": "Newly opened?",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
      "typeVersion": 2.2,
      "position": [
        300,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "select": "channel",
        "channelId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "#dev",
          "mode": "name"
        },
        "text": "=🐛 New issue #{{ $json.body.issue.number }}: {{ $json.body.issue.title }}\nby {{ $json.body.issue.user.login }} · {{ $json.body.issue.labels.map(l => l.name).join(', ') }}\n{{ $json.body.issue.html_url }}",
        "otherOptions": {}
      },
      "id": "26067c04-e776-42a7-a37a-b6a76afcba64",
      "name": "Post to #dev",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
      "typeVersion": 2.2,
      "position": [
        600,
        0
      ]
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Issue event": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Newly opened?",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Newly opened?": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Post to #dev",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "pinData": {},
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": false
  },
  "tags": []
}

Open in the playground to edit →

Tips

Filter by label (e.g. "bug") to keep the channel quiet.

Related flows

Developer & ITEasy

Announce GitHub releases in Slack

When you publish a release, your team or community sees the notes instantly.

GitHub → Slack1h/mo

Developer & ITEasy

Remind the team about pull requests waiting for review

Every workday, post pull requests that have waited 2+ days for review to your dev channel.

GitHub → Slack2h/mo

Developer & ITMedium

Changelog from merged pull requests

Each merged pull request is added to a Notion changelog automatically.

GitHub → Notion2h/mo