New issue or pull request

Start the workflow when an issue or a pull request is opened, or updated, in a GitHub repository.

A polling trigger

It checks for new items on a timer while the workflow is On, in the browser extension. Read Polling triggers for the first check, test events and what happens when a check fails.

Needs a New issue or pull request connection — 

Pick a saved connection in the Connection field, or create one from there. It signs in with a Bearer Token.

Create a connection →

What it does

Every Check every minutes, the trigger reads the repository’s latest issues or pull requests (Watch) and starts one run with the new ones. With Start a run when one is set to Updated, every new change to an issue counts again. The issue trigger never starts a run for a pull request.

A check that finds nothing new starts no run. Press Run to fetch a test event: the latest items, without moving the trigger’s position.

When to use it

• Post new issues to a team channel.
• Label or triage new pull requests with AI.
• Copy new issues to Linear or Todoist.

Inputs and settings

设置项	类型	作用
Connection 必填（必填）	Credential
Repository 必填（必填）	One of several shapes	owner/repo, or paste its link.
Watch	Choice	Options: Issues, Pull requests. 默认值：Issues
Start a run when one is	Choice	Options: Opened, Updated. 默认值：Opened
Check every	Number	At least 1 minute, only while the workflow is On. 默认值：5
On the first check	Choice	Options: Skip what’s already there, Start with the latest. 默认值：Skip what’s already there
How many to start with	Number	For “Start with the latest” and Fetch test event (1–20). 默认值：3

Repository takes owner/repo, or paste the repository’s link.

Outputs

• Output

Each run returns a list of items with these fields:

Field	类型	What it holds
id	Number
number	Number
title	Text

Shape of an output item

[
  {
    "id": 0,
    "number": 0,
    "title": "…"
  }
]

One item per issue or pull request, as GitHub returns it (number, title, html_url, user, labels…).

Dependencies and credentials

• Connection (connection, Bearer Token): required. See Create a connection.

Example workflow

1. New issue or pull request, Watch Issues, Opened.
2. Text Classifier sorts it into bug / question / idea.
3. Slack posts it to the matching channel.

Common issues

• “Repository: use owner/repo.”: type it as owner/repo, or paste the full link.
• GitHub answered 404: the connection’s token can’t see that repository.

Related nodes

• Polling triggers: how every “New …” trigger checks.
• GitHub: work with issues, pull requests and repositories.
• Schedule Trigger: run at fixed times instead.