Getting Started

Before Homie can start tracking your project, you’ll need to install the Homie application to GitHub (or Gitlab), and Slack.

1. Install to GitHub or Gitlab

GitHub

Click the GitHub button to be redirected to the GitHub app install screen.

Follow the prompts to authorize Homie to read Pull Requests, and get notified of any labels, and review comments.

Gitlab

Authorize Homie to act on behalf of a Gitlab user that has access to the projects you'd like to Homie to track.

Permissions required

• Read projects

  • Read opened MRs

• Write projects

  • Update MR descriptions whenever you request Homie to generate a summary

Selecting projects

Gitlab requires you to select which Projects you'd like Homie to track. By default, Homie won't track any projects.

Go into Settings > Gitlab, and select the projects that you'd like Homie to track

Note: Code security

Homie will never push code to your repository, and does not store your code. Only summaries, and snippets. This is to comply with our own strict security practices to make sure user code is never leaked, by not storing them in the first place. Feel free to read more about our security best practices here.

2. Install App for Slack

Homie mainly lives in Slack, where you can send messages, receive reports, and trigger manual actions. To do all that, you'll need to install the Homie app to your team's Slack workspace.

1. Click the Connect Slack button to get started.

2. Select the Slack workspace, and channel where Homie can post notifications, and updates.

Homie needs the following permissions:

• read messages

  • to read conversations, and gain context

  • to monitor for mentions, and respond

• write messages

  • push messages to the channel

• view history

  • view previous messages

To add Homie to other channels, simply mention @Homie, and follow the Slack prompt to invite him to each channel.