GitHub

GitHub Notification Types

Universal Inbox collects several types of GitHub notifications:

  • Issue: Updates on issues you're assigned, mentioned in, or watching
  • Pull Request: Review requests, comments, approvals, and mentions
  • Discussion: Updates on discussions you've participated in
  • Repository Invitation: Invitations to collaborate on repositories
  • Security Alert: Security vulnerabilities in repositories you maintain
  • Workflow Run: CI/CD workflow completion notifications

Available Actions

Actions on notifications

The following actions apply to all GitHub notifications from the Inbox screen:

View in GitHub

  • Keyboard Shortcut: Enter
  • Effect: Opens the notification source in GitHub

This action lets you view the full context of the notification directly in GitHub, where you can respond, review code, or participate in discussions.

Delete

  • Keyboard Shortcut: d
  • Effect in Universal Inbox: Removes the notification from your inbox until the next update
  • Effect in GitHub: The notification is marked as read (it is not deleted due to Github API limitations)

Use this action when you want to clear a notification from your Universal Inbox and GitHub. The notification will reappear if updated in GitHub.

Unsubscribe

  • Keyboard Shortcut: u
  • Effect in Universal Inbox: Removes the notification from your inbox
  • Effect in GitHub: Unsubscribes you from the underlying issue or discussion, preventing future notifications. It can still be re-subscribed to if you are directly pinged in the issue or discussion.

This action helps reduce notification noise by unsubscribing you from conversations that aren't relevant to your work.

Snooze

  • Keyboard Shortcut: s
  • Effect in Universal Inbox: Temporarily hides the notification for a few hours
  • Effect in GitHub: No change in GitHub

Use this when you need to defer handling a notification until later.

Create Task

  • Keyboard Shortcut: p
  • Effect in Universal Inbox: Links notification to a newly created task and remove the notification from your inbox
  • Effect in GitHub: Mark the notification as read
  • Effect in Task Manager: Creates a new task with a link to the GitHub item

Ideal for converting a GitHub notification into a task in your task management tool.

  • Keyboard Shortcut: l
  • Effect in Universal Inbox: Links notification to an existing task and remove the notification from your inbox
  • Effect in GitHub: Mark the notification as read
  • Effect in Task Manager: Add a link to the GitHub item in the task description

Use this when you already have a task related to this GitHub notification.