Announce GitHub releases in Slack

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

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How it works

Trigger: GitHub — release event

Receive the release event from GitHub.
Continue only when a release is published (not drafted or edited).
Post the version, title and notes link to #releases.

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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)

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  "name": "Announce GitHub releases in Slack (Flowngn)",
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        "content": "## Announce GitHub releases in Slack\nWhen you publish a release, your team or community sees the notes instantly.\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
      },
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      "name": "Setup notes",
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      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "owner": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "YOUR_GITHUB_USER",
          "mode": "name"
        },
        "repository": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "YOUR_REPO",
          "mode": "name"
        },
        "events": [
          "release"
        ],
        "options": {}
      },
      "id": "26067c04-e776-42a7-a37a-b6a76afcaf5f",
      "name": "Release event",
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      "webhookId": "26067c04-e776-42a7-a37a-b6a76afcaf5f"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "conditions": {
          "options": {
            "caseSensitive": true,
            "leftValue": "",
            "typeValidation": "loose"
          },
          "conditions": [
            {
              "id": "c1",
              "leftValue": "={{ $json.body.action }}",
              "rightValue": "published",
              "operator": {
                "type": "string",
                "operation": "equals"
              }
            }
          ],
          "combinator": "and"
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "id": "26067c04-e776-42a7-a37a-b6a76afcaf5f",
      "name": "Published?",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
      "typeVersion": 2.2,
      "position": [
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        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "select": "channel",
        "channelId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "#releases",
          "mode": "name"
        },
        "text": "=🚀 {{ $json.body.repository.name }} {{ $json.body.release.tag_name }} is out: {{ $json.body.release.name }}\n{{ $json.body.release.html_url }}",
        "otherOptions": {}
      },
      "id": "26067c04-e776-42a7-a37a-b6a76afcaf5f",
      "name": "Post to #releases",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
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      "position": [
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        0
      ]
    }
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    "Release event": {
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            "node": "Published?",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Published?": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Post to #releases",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "pinData": {},
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": false
  },
  "tags": []
}

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