GitHub Automation

Automatically notify social media platforms when you publish a GitHub Release.

Recommended Tools

Tool	Purpose
ethomson/send-tweet-action	Auto-tweet on GitHub Release
sarisia/actions-status-discord	Release notifications to Discord

Setup

Twitter Notifications

Create .github/workflows/release-tweet.yml:

name: Tweet on Release
on:
  release:
    types: [published]

jobs:
  tweet:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: ethomson/send-tweet-action@v1
        with:
          status: |
            🚀 New release: ${{ github.event.release.name }}

            ${{ github.event.release.body }}

            Check it out: ${{ github.event.release.html_url }}
          consumer_key: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY }}
          consumer_secret: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET }}
          access_token: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
          access_token_secret: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET }}

Discord Notifications

Create .github/workflows/release-discord.yml:

name: Discord Release Notification
on:
  release:
    types: [published]

jobs:
  notify:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: sarisia/actions-status-discord@v1
        with:
          webhook: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK }}
          title: "New Release: ${{ github.event.release.name }}"
          description: ${{ github.event.release.body }}
          url: ${{ github.event.release.html_url }}
          color: 0x00ff00

Required Secrets

Set these in your GitHub repository settings (Settings → Secrets → Actions):

For Twitter

Secret	Description
TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY	Twitter API consumer key
TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET	Twitter API consumer secret
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN	Twitter access token
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET	Twitter access token secret

For Discord

Secret	Description
DISCORD_WEBHOOK	Discord channel webhook URL

Getting Twitter API Keys

1. Go to developer.twitter.com
2. Create a project and app
3. Generate consumer keys and access tokens
4. Add them as GitHub repository secrets