Get Push Notifications for GitHub Events on Your iPhone

Your deploy just finished. Or failed. You'll find out whenever you next open your laptop and check the Actions tab. There's a better way.

The idea

GitHub Actions can run a curl command. Pushmark receives that request and sends a push notification to your iPhone in seconds. No server, no APNs certificates, no notification infrastructure to maintain — just a few lines of YAML and a free Pushmark account.

Deploy notifications

Get notified the moment a deployment succeeds. Add this workflow to your repository:

name: Notify deploy

on:
  check_run:
    types: [completed]

jobs:
  notify:
    if: github.event.check_run.conclusion == 'success'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Send Pushmark notification
        run: |
          curl -X POST "https://api.pushmark.app/YOUR_CHANNEL_HASH" \
            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
            -d '{
              "type": "log",
              "message": {
                "status": "${{ github.event.check_run.conclusion }}",
                "context": "${{ github.event.check_run.name }}",
                "url": "${{ github.event.check_run.html_url }}",
                "commit": "${{ github.event.check_run.head_sha }}",
                "triggered_by": "${{ github.event.sender.login }}"
              }
            }'

Replace YOUR_CHANNEL_HASH with the hash from your Pushmark channel page.

Build failure alerts

The most valuable notification is the one that wakes you up when something breaks. Use type: "error" to make it stand out:

name: Notify build failure

on:
  check_run:
    types: [completed]

jobs:
  notify:
    if: github.event.check_run.conclusion == 'failure'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Send Pushmark notification
        run: |
          curl -X POST "https://api.pushmark.app/YOUR_CHANNEL_HASH" \
            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
            -d '{
              "type": "error",
              "message": {
                "status": "failed",
                "check": "${{ github.event.check_run.name }}",
                "url": "${{ github.event.check_run.html_url }}",
                "commit": "${{ github.event.check_run.head_sha }}",
                "triggered_by": "${{ github.event.sender.login }}"
              }
            }'

PR merge notifications

Know when a pull request lands on your main branch without watching the repository:

name: Notify PR merged

on:
  pull_request:
    types: [closed]
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  notify:
    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Send Pushmark notification
        run: |
          curl -X POST "https://api.pushmark.app/YOUR_CHANNEL_HASH" \
            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
            -d '{
              "type": "success",
              "message": {
                "pr": "${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}",
                "merged_by": "${{ github.event.pull_request.merged_by.login }}",
                "branch": "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}",
                "url": "${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}"
              }
            }'

Setup

1. Download the Pushmark app and create a channel — give it a name like "GitHub alerts"
2. Copy the channel hash from the channel detail page
3. Add the workflow YAML to .github/workflows/ in your repository
4. Replace YOUR_CHANNEL_HASH with your channel hash

The next time a deploy finishes or a build breaks, you'll feel your phone buzz before you've switched windows.

Why Pushmark

Sending a GitHub notification to your iPhone normally means: configuring email alerts (noisy), setting up Slack (another tool), or building a webhook receiver with APNs credentials (real infrastructure). This pattern skips all of that. Download the app, create a channel, and you're done. Pushmark handles the APNs side. GitHub Actions handles the trigger. You just write a curl command.

See the Getting Started guide for the full API reference and payload options.