workflows

A centralized collection of reusable GitHub Actions workflows and automation templates for ACEP.

Mattermost Notification Workflow

This reusable workflow standardizes Mattermost alerts across different repositories. It supports presets for common events like Pull Request reviews and Job Status updates.

🚀 Usage

To use this workflow, create a job in your caller workflow (e.g., .github/workflows/deploy.yml).

Inputs

Input	Description	Required	Default
preset	Type of message: status, review_request, review_decision, or custom.	No	custom
job_status	The result of the previous job (success, failure, other). Required for status.	No	N/A
title	Overrides the prefix in status messages (e.g., "Production Deploy").	No	Action
message	Appends a custom string or note to the bottom of any preset.	No	""

Secrets

Secret	Description	Required
MM_WEBHOOK_URL	The incoming webhook URL from your Mattermost channel, set this as a repository secret.	Yes

Pull Request Notifications (Requests & Decisions)

Use this combined workflow to handle both new review requests and submitted review decisions (Approvals/Changes Requested).

name: PR Notificationson:
pull_request:
types: [review_requested]pull_request_review:
types: [submitted]jobs:
# Triggered when a reviewer is specifically requestednotify-on-request:
if: github.event.action == 'review_requested'uses: acep-devops/workflows/.github/workflows/mattermost-notify.yml@mainwith:
preset: "review_request"secrets:
MM_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.MM_WEBHOOK_URL }}# Triggered when a reviewer submits an Approval or Changes Requestednotify-on-submit:
if: github.event.action == 'submitted'uses: acep-devops/workflows/.github/workflows/mattermost-notify.yml@mainwith:
preset: "review_decision"secrets:
MM_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.MM_WEBHOOK_URL }}

Example Outputs

👀 Review Requested
Repo: RepoName
PR: PR# - PR Title
Requested By: ReviewRequestByName
Reviewer: ReviewerName
[Review Now](link)

🔄 Changes Requested
Repo: RepoName
PR: PR# - PR Title
Reviewer: ReviewerName
[Read Review](link)

✅ PR Approved
Repo: RepoName
PR: PR# - PR Title
Reviewer: ReviewerName
[Read Review](link)

Job Status Preset

Use this to report whether a build, test, or deploy succeeded or failed. This can be customized by changing if conditions to the notify job.

# ... rest of workflowjobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-lateststeps:
- run: exit 1 # Simulating a failurenotify:
needs: [build]if: always()uses: acep-devops/workflows/.github/workflows/mattermost-notify.yml@mainwith:
preset: "status"job_status: ${{ needs.build.result }}title: "Docker Build"secrets:
MM_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.MM_WEBHOOK_URL }}

Example Outputs

❌ CI on Push to Main Failed
Repo: RepoName
Ref: PR#/merge
Author: AuthorName
[View Logs](link)

✅ Docker Deploy on Branch(main) Succeeded
Repo: RepoName
Ref: PR#/merge
Author: AuthorName
[View Logs](link)

Custom Preset

TO DO