Create GitHub pull requests and update JIRA from commit messages

Reads special keywords in your commit messages and automatically opens GitHub pull requests and updates JIRA tickets.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Any that apply are taken.

Pattern: Multi-Choice (6) · Exclusive Choice (4)

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Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Project & Task ManagementDevOps & IT Operations
Connects
GitHubJIRA

The problem it solves

Your developers push code, but someone still has to remember to open the pull request and go update the JIRA ticket separately, and that second step is the first thing to get forgotten under deadline pressure. Project tracking drifts out of sync with what's actually happening in the codebase.

Who it fits

A software team that wants their JIRA tickets and pull requests to stay in sync with what developers actually commit.

How it works

  1. A developer pushes a commit to the repository
  2. The system reads the commit message for a JIRA issue key and action keywords
  3. If the pull request keyword is present, a pull request is opened automatically
  4. If the task-complete keyword is present, the matching JIRA ticket is moved to done
What you get

Commits that keep JIRA and GitHub in sync

You get pull requests opened and JIRA tickets updated automatically whenever developers reference them in a commit message.

What you get

An automatically opened pull request and an up-to-date JIRA ticket status, both driven by the commit message.

What you need

A GitHub account and a JIRA account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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