12 n8n GitHub automations
Every free, copy-paste n8n recipe that works with GitHub. Each one is a ready-to-run AI agent — import the workflow, connect your GitHub account, and it runs 24/7. No code, no signup — spanning DevOps and Community.
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Scan New Dependencies for Typosquatting Attacks
A single typosquatted package name in a pull request can inject malware into your build. Scan new dependencies in PRs against known-good names and flag suspicious near-matches.
Alert Developers When a Dependency Vulnerability Is Disclosed
Patch fast — monitor for newly disclosed vulnerabilities in your dependencies and alert the owning team with severity and a fix path.
Celebrate GitHub Star Milestones in Slack Automatically
An n8n workflow that checks your repository's star count on a schedule, detects when you cross a milestone like 100, 500 or 1,000 stars, and posts a celebration message to Slack — so your team gets a morale boost the moment the community rallies behind your project.
Nudge Reviewers When Pull Requests Sit Unreviewed Too Long
PRs waiting days for review kill momentum. Detect pull requests sitting unreviewed past your threshold and nudge the assigned reviewer in Slack.
Escalate GitHub Security Alerts to PagerDuty Instantly
An n8n workflow that catches GitHub Dependabot and code-scanning security alerts, filters for high and critical severity, and opens a PagerDuty incident with the vulnerability details — so a serious CVE in your dependencies wakes the on-call engineer instead of sitting unseen in the Security tab.
Turn a New GitHub Release into a Plain-English Changelog Announcement
An n8n workflow that fires when you publish a GitHub release, has Claude rewrite the raw release notes into a friendly, user-facing changelog, and posts it to Slack and a Discord community channel — so shipping a version instantly tells your users what's new, in words they understand.
Auto-Triage New GitHub Issues with AI Labels and Priority
An n8n workflow that fires on every new GitHub issue, uses Claude to classify it by type, priority and affected area, then applies the right labels and posts a triage summary to Slack — so your backlog stays organized without a maintainer manually sorting each report.
Mirror GitHub Bug Issues Into Linear Automatically
When a GitHub issue is labeled 'bug', automatically create a matching Linear issue in your engineering triage so nothing gets lost between tools.
Post a Daily GitHub Dev Standup Digest to Slack
An n8n workflow that gathers yesterday's merged pull requests, opened issues and commits across your repositories each morning, has Claude summarize them into a readable standup, and posts it to Slack — so your async team knows exactly what shipped without a live meeting.
Clean Up the 80 Dead Branches Cluttering Your Repo
Merged and abandoned branches pile up until nobody can find anything. Get a monthly list of stale branches per author with one-click cleanup confirmation.
Turn Merged Pull Requests Into a User-Facing Changelog
Keep users informed — when PRs labeled user-facing merge, AI drafts a friendly changelog entry and publishes it after a quick review.
Automatically Move Jira Issues to Done When a GitHub PR Is Merged
When a pull request is merged on GitHub, this workflow instantly transitions the linked Jira issue to a 'Done' status — no manual updates needed. Dev teams save time and keep project boards accurate without any extra clicks.