lindseywild / daily-update-action

GitHub Action that takes any Daily Update discussion and posts about it in your Slack channel

daily-update-action

A GitHub Action workflow that takes any Daily Update discussion and posts about it in your Slack channel.

How to Use

1. Ensure you have a workflow file defined in your repo where you want to use this action. The following example can be inserted into your workflow and customized to your needs:

- name: Run my action
    uses: inkblotty/daily-update-action@main
    with:
      discussion_id: 989
      owner: inkblotty
      repo: daily-update
      slack_channel_id: ABC123456XYZ
    env:
      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
      SLACK_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_TOKEN }}

2. Add the add-to-daily-update label to any issues or discussions that you want in the update.

   • Note that Office Hours and Team Show & Support reminders are handled for you

3. Add metadata to the comment you want to appear in the Daily Update:

   <div visibility="hidden" data-daily-update="true"></div>

Required inputs

Environment variables

GH_TOKEN

The Personal Access Token with access to the repository being queried for updates.

SLACK_TOKEN

The Slack Token with access to the channel where Daily Update comments are made.

Input variables

owner

The organization or user owning the repo.

repo

The repo to query for updates.

discussion_id

The ID of the discussion where full Daily Update comments are posted.

slack_channel_id

The Slack channel where Daily Update comments are posted.