---
title: Tell Me When It Closes — Improved!
teaser: 'Tell Me When It Closes just got a massive email makeover.

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tags: news,rails,tools
author: Chris Toomey
published_on: 2018-03-26
---

[Tell Me When It Closes] is our simple but useful service for keeping up to
date with issues and pull requests on GitHub without getting lost in the noise.
If you're unfamiliar, check out [our introductory blog post] for more detail.

In the past year, Tell Me When It Closes has sent thousands of notifications
when discussions have concluded, but if we're being honest, the notification
email was a _truly minimal_ MVP.

Well, it got an upgrade! Today we're happy to share the new notification mailer,
which is not only more useful but also nicer to look at:

### Before

<img
src="https://images.thoughtbot.com/tmwic/NOiKWV9RJKcDxp0HmeN7_mailer-before.png"
class="screenshot" />

### After

<img
src="https://images.thoughtbot.com/tmwic/4Fe7eS9FSVe9hPR30EGo_mailer-after.png"
class="screenshot" />

In addition to the overhauled design, we now pull in extra info from GitHub
about when and how the discussion closed and include that detail in the message.
To get specific, the new mailer includes:

- The **closing user's username** (and full name if available)
- The **closing user's avatar**
- The **Closed or Merged icon** as appropriate
- An updated link that takes you **directly to the closing event** on the
  discussion page

If you're not signed up, now's the perfect time to check out [Tell Me When It
Closes] and add your first issue or pull request.

<div style="display: flex; justify-content: center;">
  <a href="https://tellmewhenitcloses.com" style="color: white;"
    class="button">Visit Tell Me When It Closes</a>
</div>

[Tell Me When It Closes]: https://tellmewhenitcloses.com/
[our introductory blog post]: https://thoughtbot.com/blog/announcing-tell-me-when-it-closes