Custom Sections

Learn how to create custom sections in Aviator Inbox to organize pull requests with personalized filters based on authors, labels, repositories, and more.

Custom sections let you create personalized views of pull requests in your Inbox. Each custom section is defined by a set of filters and appears alongside the predefined sections in your Inbox sidebar.

Creating a custom section

To create a custom section:

1. Click New section at the bottom of the Inbox sidebar.

2. Give your section a name (e.g., "Dependabot PRs" or "Frontend team").

3. Configure the filters for the section (see Available filters below).

4. Save the section.

Custom section editor

Available filters

Custom sections support the following filters:

Filter	Description
Authors	Show only PRs authored by specific GitHub users.
Labels	Show only PRs with specific GitHub labels.
Repositories	Limit the section to PRs from specific repositories. Leave empty to search across all repositories.
Draft status	Filter by whether the PR is a draft or not.
PR status	Filter by pull request status (e.g., pending, queued).
CI status	Filter by CI status — passing or failing.

You can combine multiple filters to create precise views. For example, you could create a section that shows all PRs with the "dependencies" label to track Dependabot updates across your repositories.

Managing custom sections

Editing

To edit a custom section, click the edit icon next to the section name in the sidebar. You can update the section name, filters, and badge count setting.

Reordering

Custom sections can be reordered in the sidebar by dragging them to the desired position.

Deleting

To delete a custom section, click the edit icon and then select Delete. This action cannot be undone.

Badge counts

Each custom section can optionally show a badge count in the sidebar, displaying the number of PRs matching the section's filters. This is useful for at-a-glance visibility into sections that need attention.

To toggle the badge count, edit the section and check or uncheck the Show badge count option.

Examples

Here are some useful custom section configurations:

• Dependabot PRs: Filter by the author "dependabot" to track automated dependency updates.

• Urgent reviews: Filter by a "urgent" or "priority" label to surface high-priority PRs.

• Team PRs: Filter by authors who are members of your team.

• Failing CI: Filter by CI status "failing" to quickly find PRs that need fixing.

• Release PRs: Filter by a "release" label to track release-related changes.