GitHub Notifications: Less Noise, Clearer PR Updates
GitHub notifications help you follow reviews, mentions, and repository activity. When you work across several projects, the challenge is deciding which updates need your attention and which can wait. Start by adjusting your subscriptions, then choose how you want to check in on your work.
Start with GitHub's own notification controls. If you also want pull request updates on your Mac, Cozy Watch brings reviews, mentions, and CI results to your menu bar and desktop.
Reduce GitHub notification noise
Review your watched repositories and conversation subscriptions. Use the repository's Watch menu to select Custom event types, or unwatch projects you no longer follow. Unwatching still allows notifications when you are mentioned or participate in a conversation.
GitHub's inbox can filter notifications by their reason. For review requests, try reason:review-requested. Save items you need to revisit, and use Done to clear completed work from your inbox.
Follow GitHub's guides to review your subscriptions and manage notifications and inbox filters.
Choose where to receive updates
GitHub supports its web inbox, email, and GitHub Mobile. Choose the channels that fit your routine in your GitHub notification settings.
For a Mac workflow, Cozy Watch gives you another way to keep track of pull requests while you code. A desktop alert tells you something changed, the menu bar gives you a quick overview, and the desktop app provides the review feedback and check results behind it.
GitHub pull request notifications on macOS
Cozy Watch helps you follow your own pull requests and relevant team work. You can check approvals, requested changes, mentions, and CI results together, then open the original conversation on GitHub when you need to respond.
- See when someone needs your review or has left feedback.
- Check which pull requests are approved, waiting, or blocked.
- Choose which reviews, mentions, and CI updates trigger alerts.
- Revisit missed updates in notification history.
Explore the desktop app screenshots to see the review queues, notification history, and alert settings before you install.
Start with the updates you need to act on
Choose a small set of alerts that help you move work forward: a review request, feedback on your pull request, or a failed check that needs a fix. Check less urgent activity when you have time to catch up. Adjust your preferences as you learn which alerts are useful during your day.
Download Cozy Watch for macOS to try this workflow, or read about how code reviews help your team.