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Follow the steps mentioned [here](https://www.thomptronics.com/about/notify-me#h.p_GOawS1aQOduh) to integrate your Echo and `Notify Me` skill.\r\n* List of GitHub repositories that you are following and their API should expose the release details. E.g. `https://api.github.com/repos/QAInsights/Sample-Repo/releases/latest` is exposing the release, tag etc.\r\n\r\nSteps to configure this action:\r\n\r\n* Fork this repo.\r\n* Create a folder for each repository that you need to be alerted. Inside each folder, create `echo.txt` file.\r\n* Create a Repo scoped token and configure under your secret `ECHO_KEY`\r\n* Configure Notify Me API key under your secret `ECHO_TOKEN`\r\n* Configure the below YAML to suite your needs. You can add multiple repositories. Recommended count is 5, because of the Notify Me API limitations.\r\n```\r\nname: Echo the Release\r\non: \r\n  schedule:\r\n    - cron: \"*/1 * * * *\"\r\njobs:\r\n  get-version:\r\n    runs-on: ubuntu-latest\r\n    steps:\r\n    - uses: actions/checkout@v2\r\n      with:\r\n        token: ${{ secrets.ECHO_TOKEN }}\r\n    - name: Repo 1\r\n      run: |\r\n        t=$(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/\u003cUserName\u003e/\u003cRepoName\u003e/releases/latest | jq -r \".name\")\r\n        if [ ${t} != null ]\r\n        then\r\n          echo ${t} \u003e Sample-Repo/echo.txt\r\n        fi\r\n                \r\n    - name: Repo 2\r\n      run: |\r\n        t=$(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/\u003cUserName\u003e/\u003cRepoName\u003e/releases/latest | jq -r \".name\")\r\n        if [ ${t} != null ]\r\n        then\r\n          echo ${t} \u003e Another-Sample-Repo/echo.txt\r\n        fi\r\n     \r\n    - name: Check for modified files\r\n      id: git-check\r\n      run: | \r\n        git diff --name-only | xargs -L1 dirname | uniq \u003e changes.txt\r\n        while read p; do\r\n          if [ $p != \".\" ]\r\n          then\r\n            k=${{ secrets.ECHO_KEY }}\r\n            curl https://api.notifymyecho.com/v1/NotifyMe -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"notification\":\"New release is now available for '\"$p\"'.\",\"accessCode\":\"'\"$k\"'\"}'\r\n          fi\r\n        done \u003cchanges.txt        \r\n        echo \"\" \u003e changes.txt\r\n      \r\n    - name: Commit latest release version\r\n      run: |\r\n        git config --global user.name '\u003c\u003e'\r\n        git config --global user.email '\u003c\u003e'\r\n        git commit -am \"New release version\"\r\n        git push\r\n```\r\n\r\n# Known Limitations\r\n\r\n* Notify ME API limitation is maximum of 5 requests at any moment.\r\n* Manual effort is required to set up the notifications\r\n\r\n# Future Plans\r\n\r\n* More automation\r\n* Publish to Marketplace","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fqainsights%2Fecho-the-release","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fqainsights%2Fecho-the-release","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fqainsights%2Fecho-the-release/lists"}