Probot is an infrastructure designed for creating GitHub Apps to automate and improve your workflow.

The principal functionalities of Probot are twofold:

1. Workflow Automation via Apps

Probot allows users to Use pre-built apps to extend GitHub or to easily build and share your own. These apps function as first class actors within GitHub and automate common development tasks:

• Release Management: Drafting release notes as pull requests are merged into the main branch (e.g., using Release Drafter).

• Code Quality & Review: Offering functionalities like a Code review bot powered by ChatGPT.

• Pull Request Management:

  • Preventing the merging of Pull Requests based on defined configurations (e.g., using Mergeable).

  • Preventing the merging of Pull Requests that contain "WIP" (Work In Progress) in the title.

  • Keeping repository forks up-to-date (e.g., using Pull).

• Configuration Management: Allowing the use of Pull Requests to manage repository settings (e.g., using Settings).

• General Interaction: Apps can listen for GitHub events (like issues.opened) and perform automated actions, such as creating comments.

2. Development and API Features

Probot provides a platform optimized for developers looking to build custom automation tools:

• GitHub Optimization: Probot is Optimized for GitHub. Apps are designed to Receive webhooks and use the authenticated client to access the GitHub API.

• Security: It enforces Granular permissions, ensuring each app only accesses the data it needs and nothing more.

• Ease of Scripting: It is Easily scriptable using a simple API built on the latest ES6 JavaScript features, allowing developers to Focus on what you want to build by hiding unnecessary details.