# How to Send GitHub Pull-Request Review Notifications

> Route ready-for-review, changes-requested, approved, and merged events into the room owned by the right engineering team.

- Published: 2026-08-02
- Author: PingRoom
- Category: Developers
- Topics: GitHub pull request review notifications, pull request push notification, notify team PR ready for review
- Canonical: https://pingroom.io/blog/github-pull-request-review-notifications
- Cover image: https://pingroom.io/blog/github-pull-request-review-notifications.webp
- Cover description: Two branching code paths merging under a precise red review signal.

Connect a repository workflow or webhook consumer to a PingRoom incoming webhook, then notify only on review states that change someone’s next action: **Ready for review**, **Changes requested**, **Approved**, and **Merged**.

## Route by ownership

Send the event to the room responsible for the repository or component, not a company-wide engineering channel. Include the repository, pull-request number, author, and a safe link. The label should make the expected action obvious: **Review requested — mobile #418** is stronger than **PR updated**.

Use the pull-request node ID or repository-and-number pair as a correlation identifier. Deduplicate webhook redeliveries, and do not alert on every synchronize event unless the team has explicitly chosen that workflow.

Store the PingRoom webhook URL in the repository or organization secret store. Verify incoming events in your integration before forwarding them; possession of the PingRoom URL does not prove the upstream event came from GitHub.

## Keep code and credentials out of previews

Do not send diffs, private issue text, commit secrets, access tokens, or confidential customer information in a lock-screen notification. Link authorized team members back to the repository, where normal access control applies.

PingRoom does not replace required-review rules, merge protection, repository history, or the code host’s audit log. It makes the moment of responsibility visible. For a broader pipeline pattern, see [CI/CD deployment notifications](/blog/ci-cd-deployment-notifications) and [webhook setup](/blog/webhook-to-push-notification).