To run this workflow

1. Fork this workflow into your account
2. Add your Github username to to the Parse User Mentions In Github Issues step (don't include the @ sign before your username)
3. Create an incoming webhook to send a message to a channel in Slack and add the URL to the Send a message to Slack step
4. Save your changes
5. Configure Github webhooks for your organization or repository (see detailed instructions below)

Test with a sample event

This workflow is configured with the following sample event:

{
    "issue": {
        "title": "test issue",
        "body": "@example this is a test",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/example/example/issues/1",
        "number": 1,
        "user": {
            "login": "creator_username"
        }
    },
    "sender": {
        "login": "sender_username"
    },
    "action": "opened"
}

To test, follow steps 1-4 above, but set the username in Step 2 to example (or update the sample event in the test event editor).

Github webhook settings

• Set the Payload URL to your Pipedream webhook URL (e.g., https://xxxxxx.m.pipedream.net)
• Set the Content Type to application/json
• At minimum, configure Github to send events for Issues and Issue comments

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