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"Oh, the issue I updated on GitHub isn't reflected on GitLab..."
"Managing tasks is tough with scattered information..."
Have you ever felt these challenges?
When using multiple project management tools, you might find yourself checking which one is the most up-to-date due to missed updates, and before you know it, manual work increases...
For solving such issues, integrating GitHub and GitLab is recommended!
With integration, not only can you synchronize issues, but you can also automatically connect various data, simplifying project management.
Why not create an environment where you can reduce tedious manual work and focus on other core tasks?
This article explains how to integrate GitHub and GitLab without programming.
We'll carefully explain the steps so that anyone can easily set it up, so be sure to check it out until the end!
By using Yoom, you can easily integrate GitHub and GitLab with no code.
Yoom provides templates for integrating GitHub and GitLab in advance, so you can achieve integration immediately just by signing up, even without API knowledge.
■ Overview
The "Automatically Sync GitHub Issues to GitLab Issues" workflow is an automation tool designed to streamline task management between development projects.
For teams that use both GitHub and GitLab, managing issues manually can become complicated, but by leveraging this integration, information can be automatically synchronized between both platforms.
This allows for efficient project management while maintaining consistency in work.
■ Recommended for
■ Benefits of using this template
By integrating the APIs of GitHub and GitLab, you can automatically transfer data from GitHub to GitLab!
For example, you can automatically perform data transfers like the ones below without human intervention.
With this integration flow, you can automatically sync GitHub issue information to GitLab, maintaining consistency of information and enabling efficient project management. It is recommended for project owners who want to streamline task management.
■ Overview
The "Automatically Sync GitHub Issues to GitLab Issues" workflow is an automation tool designed to streamline task management between development projects.
For teams that use both GitHub and GitLab, managing issues manually can become complicated, but by leveraging this integration, information can be automatically synchronized between both platforms.
This allows for efficient project management while maintaining consistency in work.
■ Recommended for
■ Benefits of using this template
Let's get started by creating a flow that integrates GitHub and GitLab!
This time, we'll use Yoom to proceed with the integration of GitHub and GitLab without any code.
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This time, we will create a flow bot that "automatically synchronizes GitHub Issues with GitLab Issues"!
The creation process is broadly divided into the following steps.
■ Overview
The "Automatically Sync GitHub Issues to GitLab Issues" workflow is an automation tool designed to streamline task management between development projects.
For teams that use both GitHub and GitLab, managing issues manually can become complicated, but by leveraging this integration, information can be automatically synchronized between both platforms.
This allows for efficient project management while maintaining consistency in work.
■ Recommended for
■ Benefits of using this template
First, register the app you will use as My App.
By registering My App in advance, you can smoothly proceed with the subsequent integration flow settings.
1. How to Register My App on GitHub
Click "My Apps" on the left side of the Yoom screen, and then click "Add" displayed on the right. Search for GitHub in the search window.
The following screen will be displayed, so enter the "Username" or "Email Address" of the account you want to integrate with Yoom, enter your password, and click "Sign In".
If an authentication code will be sent to the email address of the GitHub account you are integrating with, enter the code provided in the email and click "Verify".
This completes the My App integration with GitHub!
2. How to Register My App on GitLab
Similarly, search for GitLab in the search window.
Enter the "Username" or "Primary Email Address" of the GitLab you want to integrate with Yoom, and enter the "Password". After entering, click "Sign In".
If an authentication code will be sent to the email address of the GitLab account you are integrating with, enter the code provided in the email and click "Verify Email Address".
This completes the My App integration with GitLab!
From here, we will actually create the flow!
To make it easy to set up, we will use a template. Click "Try it" on the banner below to copy the template.
■ Overview
The "Automatically Sync GitHub Issues to GitLab Issues" workflow is an automation tool designed to streamline task management between development projects.
For teams that use both GitHub and GitLab, managing issues manually can become complicated, but by leveraging this integration, information can be automatically synchronized between both platforms.
This allows for efficient project management while maintaining consistency in work.
■ Recommended for
■ Benefits of using this template
When clicked, the template will be automatically copied and displayed as follows. Click "OK" to proceed with the setup!
First, set up the trigger to activate the Flowbot.
Click on "When an issue is newly created or updated" in the copied template.
The following screen will be displayed. The account information will show the details of the account linked in Step 1. Leave the trigger action as it is and click "Next".
Next is the API connection setup.
Set the trigger activation interval. Select from the dropdown.
* The trigger activation interval can be set to 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes.
* Please note that the shortest activation interval varies depending on the plan.
Obtain and enter the owner name and repository name from the GitHub URL, referring to the annotations.
After setting, move to the GitHub screen and create (or update) an issue for testing. (For testing purposes, it's okay to register content like "test")
Once the issue registration is complete, return to the Yoom settings screen and execute "Test".
Ensure that the output is correctly obtained and click "Save".
* About Output
Output refers to the values obtained when executing "Test" during trigger or operation settings.
The obtained output can be used as a value during subsequent operation settings and will be a variable value each time the Flowbot is activated. For more details, please refer to here.
Next, set up the synchronization of data to GitLab when an issue is created (or updated) in GitHub.
Click "Create Issue".
The following screen will be displayed. The account information will show the details of the account linked in Step 1. Leave the action as it is and click "Next".
Next is the API connection setup.
《Project ID》
Select the "Project ID" from the candidates. The candidates are displayed from the linked account.
《Issue Title》
Set the title of the issue.
Here, by utilizing the output, you can automatically set the title using the issue title registered in GitHub.
Use the output obtained during the trigger action setup to configure it.
《Issue Description》
Set the description field of the issue.
For text that is common to all issues, enter a fixed value as a template. (For example, "Please check the details below.")
For text that varies for each issue, use the output obtained during the trigger setup to configure it. (For example, "Comments")
《Creation Date》
Set the creation date of the issue.
Similarly, by using the output obtained during the trigger setup, you can set it to match the date the issue was created (or updated) in GitHub.
After completing the setup, execute "Test" and confirm that the issue is correctly created in GitLab.
After confirmation, click "Save".
After completing the setup, the following screen will be displayed. Click "Turn on Trigger" and confirm that the Flowbot is activated correctly.
This completes the flow for "Automatically Sync GitHub Issues to GitLab Issues"!
This time, we introduced how to link data from GitHub to GitLab, but if you want to link data from GitLab to GitHub, please also use the following template.
Automatically sync GitLab issue information to GitHub to support efficient project management.
Smooth issue management between different platforms can be expected to facilitate project progress.
■ Overview
The "Synchronize GitLab Issues with GitHub Issues" workflow is a business workflow designed to facilitate smooth issue management across different platforms.
Even when development teams use both GitLab and GitHub simultaneously, this workflow significantly reduces the effort and duplication involved in issue management.
By utilizing the API integration features of each application, issue information is automatically synchronized, supporting efficient project management.
■ Recommended for
■ Benefits of using this template
In addition to integration with GitLab, it is possible to automate various tasks using GitHub's API. If you find something interesting, please give it a try!
You can automatically add GitHub issue information to various databases such as Notion and Jira Software. Additionally, you can automatically add information to GitHub based on data registered in Google Forms, Google Chat, Salesforce, and more.
■Overview
This is a flow for registering information submitted through Google Forms to GitHub.
■Recommended for
1. Those responsible for customer support
・Those who use Google Forms to consolidate inquiries from customers
・Those who utilize Google Forms as an inquiry form
2. Those who use GitHub as a task management tool
・Those who manage customer support tasks in GitHub
・Those who want to automatically link Google Form responses to GitHub
■Benefits of using this template
Google Forms can be used as a form for customer inquiries, allowing for efficient consolidation of responses.
Additionally, managing customer inquiries with a task management tool can help visualize the status of responses.
However, the registration process to the task management tool needs to be done manually, which may lead to input errors or omissions.
By using this template, you can automatically register the content submitted to Google Forms to GitHub, preventing input errors and omissions.
Automating the addition of tasks to GitHub speeds up customer support and improves operational efficiency.
■Notes
・Please integrate Google Forms and GitHub with Yoom.
・Refer to the following for how to obtain response content when using Google Forms as a trigger.
https://intercom.help/yoom/ja/articles/6807133
・You can select the trigger interval from 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes.
・Please note that the shortest trigger interval varies depending on the plan.
■Overview
This is a flow to add a ToDo object registered in Salesforce to GitHub.
■Recommended for
1. Sales and support personnel using Salesforce's ToDo object
・Those who want to manage customer inquiries, requests, and internal tasks with Salesforce's ToDo and register requests for the development team in GitHub
・Those who want to improve work efficiency by eliminating the need to manually transfer ToDos to GitHub
・Those who want to strengthen information linkage between Salesforce and GitHub to streamline customer and development responses
2. Development teams using GitHub
・Those who want to manage customer issues and requests registered in Salesforce's ToDo on GitHub and incorporate them into the development process
・Those who want to quickly respond by understanding information from sales and support teams in real-time
■Benefits of using this template
Salesforce is a very powerful tool for customer management, but manually adding ISSUES to GitHub every time a ToDo object is registered can lead to input errors and information omissions.
By utilizing this flow, necessary information is automatically added to GitHub when a ToDo object is registered in Salesforce, eliminating the need for sales personnel and development teams to check both Salesforce and GitHub, and allowing efficient sharing of the latest information.
Additionally, as manual input is no longer required, work efficiency is improved and input errors can be prevented.
■Notes
・Please integrate each of Salesforce and GitHub with Yoom.
・Salesforce is an app available only with the Team Plan and Success Plan. If you are on the Free Plan or Mini Plan, the operations and data connections set in the flow bot will result in errors, so please be careful.
・Paid plans such as the Team Plan and Success Plan offer a 2-week free trial. During the free trial, you can use apps that are subject to restrictions.
■Overview
This is a flow that creates an Issue on GitHub when a message is posted on Google Chat.
■Recommended for
1. Those who use chat tools to conduct business
・Those who utilize Google Chat for business
2. Those who manage tasks on GitHub
・Those who manage bugs and tasks in software development using GitHub
■Benefits of using this template
By utilizing GitHub Issues, you can manage tasks and visualize project progress.
However, if you want to add content discussed in chat tools directly as tasks, you might find the transcription work to GitHub cumbersome.
This template allows you to automatically create an Issue on GitHub when a message is posted in a designated room on Google Chat.
Since Issues are created in a timely manner, it enables speedy task sharing within the team.
■Notes
・Please integrate both Google Chat and GitHub with Yoom.
・Integration with Google Chat is only possible with Google Workspace. For details, please refer to here.
・AI operations are only available with the Team Plan and Success Plan. If you are on the Free Plan or Mini Plan, the operations set in the flow bot will result in an error, so please be careful.
・Paid plans such as the Team Plan and Success Plan offer a 2-week free trial. During the free trial, you can use restricted apps and AI features (operations).
・Triggers can be set to activate at intervals of 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or 60 minutes.
・Please note that the shortest activation interval varies depending on the plan.
■Overview
The flow "Automatically register a new GitHub Issue to a Notion database" is a business workflow that streamlines the management of development projects.
■Recommended for
■Benefits of using this template
Manually entering information into Notion when a new issue arises in GitHub can be cumbersome.
Especially as projects scale, this burden increases.
By utilizing this workflow, the integration between GitHub and Notion is automated, and issue information is instantly registered in the Notion database.
You can enjoy benefits such as reduced working time, prevention of human error, and centralized data management.
As a result, project management becomes more efficient, and the overall productivity of the team is expected to improve.
■Overview
This is a flow where a task is automatically added to Jira Software when an issue is created on GitHub.
You can manage GitHub issues and Jira Software tasks, reducing the hassle of adding the same information multiple times across different tools and minimizing transcription errors.
■Notes
・Please integrate both GitHub and Jira Software with Yoom.
・Replace the details of the GitHub registration destination with any desired values for use.
When an issue is created in GitLab, it is possible to notify various chat tools such as Slack and Microsoft Teams, or automatically create tasks in other databases like Trello. Additionally, tasks can be automatically created based on the content of Google Sheets or Slack.
■Overview
The workflow "Automatically create issues in GitLab from content posted on Slack" is a business workflow that facilitates smooth information sharing and task management within a team.
By automatically reflecting discussions and proposals on Slack as issues in GitLab, it eliminates the need for manual input and streamlines project progress.
This seamless integration of communication and development management supports improved team productivity.
■Recommended for
■Benefits of using this template
By automatically creating issues in GitLab from content posted on Slack, it eliminates the need for manual input.
Additionally, managing issues in a consistent manner ensures smooth issue management across the entire team.
Automation prevents human errors during issue creation, enabling accurate task management.
■Overview
This is a flow for creating an issue in GitLab when a row is added to a Google Spreadsheet.
■Recommended for
1. Those who utilize Google Spreadsheets in their work
・Those who add information as a team on a shared sheet
・Those who use it as a temporary information registration place
2. Those who utilize GitLab
・Those who visualize by registering issues
■Benefits of using this template
GitLab is a tool that can be used for software development.
However, when you are registering and managing information in Google Spreadsheets, manually adding issues to GitLab makes it difficult to maintain the accuracy of the registered information.
This flow is effective for those who want to keep information managed in different places accurate.
In this flow, when information is added to a Google Spreadsheet, it automatically creates an issue in GitLab by referencing that information, significantly reducing manual work.
By automating the registration of information, it also reduces the time spent on manual work, allowing you to focus on solving tasks.
Additionally, by integrating a chat tool with this flow, you can also streamline sharing within the team.
■Notes
・Please integrate Yoom with both GitLab and Google Spreadsheets.
・You can select the trigger interval from 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes.
・Please note that the shortest trigger interval varies depending on the plan.
■Overview
The flow of "Creating a card in Trello when an issue is created in GitLab" is a business workflow that facilitates smooth task management in development projects.
When a new issue arises in GitLab, a corresponding card is automatically created in Trello.
This integration makes information sharing between the development team and the project management team easier, enabling efficient task management.
■Recommended for
■Benefits of using this template
When managing tasks in both GitLab and Trello, creating cards with the content registered in issues involves entering duplicate information, which is cumbersome.
By utilizing this flow, when an issue is created in GitLab, a card is automatically added to Trello, eliminating the need for manual input.
Additionally, the integration of development tools and project management tools ensures that information is centrally managed without any omissions.
Automation allows for smooth task sharing, making it easier for the entire team to grasp progress.
■ Overview
The workflow "Notify Microsoft Teams when an Issue matching a keyword is created in GitLab" is a business workflow that facilitates smooth information sharing within development teams.
This enables prompt responses and efficient project management.
■ Recommended for
■ Benefits of using this template
■Overview
The workflow "Notify Slack when an Issue matching a keyword is created in GitLab" leverages the integration between GitLab and Slack to streamline project management.
When an Issue containing specific keywords is generated, a notification is automatically sent to Slack, allowing the entire team to quickly share information.
This helps ensure that important tasks and issues are not overlooked, supporting the smooth progress of the project.
■Recommended for
■Benefits of using this template
Since notifications are automatically sent to Slack when an Issue matching a keyword is created in GitLab, it eliminates the need for manual notification tasks.
Additionally, because notifications are based on keywords, you can quickly grasp the creation of important Issues.
Automation enhances information sharing and ensures smooth workflow progress.
How was it? By integrating GitHub and GitLab, it seems like you can reduce tedious manual work and achieve smooth task management. Especially, by setting up automatic synchronization of issues, you can eliminate the hassle of double management and ensure consistency of information, which is quite appealing.
When you hear "automation" and "integration," many might feel that the implementation seems daunting...
However, with Yoom, the setup is very simple and easy.
Once set up, the data will be automatically integrated, significantly reducing your daily workload.
For those who feel, "I want to advance projects more efficiently" or "I want to reduce unnecessary tasks"! Please try creating a free account first. Registration takes just 30 seconds! You can experience the automatic integration of GitHub and GitLab immediately after registration.
The flow can be customized, so please try creating a flow that suits your company's operations!
Yoom can help make your daily work easier and more efficient.
We hope you will use this article as a reference to incorporate the integration flow into your actual work and experience improvements in work efficiency.
