GitHub Issue to Discord

3 intermediate

GitHub Discord Webhooks API

Create a workflow that monitors GitHub issues and forwards them to Discord with rich formatting. Practice webhook handling, data transformation, and API integration.

Your Challenge

Core Functionality

Your workflow must:

Set up a Webhook Trigger node to receive GitHub issue events
Extract issue details: title, description, labels, author, issue number
Create a Discord embed message with proper formatting
Send the embed to a specified Discord channel using a webhook
Include a clickable link back to the original GitHub issue
Display issue labels with appropriate visual formatting

Error Handling

Your workflow should:

Enable "Continue on Fail" on the Discord node to prevent workflow crashes
Use IF node to validate incoming webhook has required fields (issue.title, issue.url, issue.number)
Return appropriate HTTP status codes to GitHub (200 for success, 400 for invalid payload, 500 for server errors)
Send failed webhook attempts to a monitoring Slack channel or email with error details

Edge Cases

Your workflow should handle:

Handle issue descriptions longer than Discord's character limits (truncate appropriately)
Process issues with no description
Deal with special characters and markdown in issue text
Handle issues with many labels (prevent Discord embed overflow)
Handle webhook retries from GitHub (prevent duplicate Discord messages)
Process rapid-fire issue events without hitting Discord rate limits

Bonus Challenges (Optional)

Take it further by:

Filter issues by specific labels before forwarding (e.g., only "bug" or "help wanted")
Add different embed colors based on issue priority or label
Include issue assignee information if available
Support multiple GitHub repositories routing to different Discord channels
Add reaction buttons or Discord interactions for issue triage

Tips & Hints

GitHub webhooks send JSON payloads - you'll need to parse them
Discord embeds support rich formatting with colors and fields
Consider filtering issues by label or repository
Use the Set node to restructure data before sending to Discord
Test with GitHub's webhook delivery history to replay events