Back up your automation workflows to a code repository

The system saves a copy of every automation workflow to your code repository and updates it when anything changes.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; runs once per each automation workflow.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Simple Merge (5) · Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13)

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Starts itA stepRuns once per itemOne path onlyPaths rejoinResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Document Processing & OCRDevOps & IT Operations
Connects
GitLab

The problem it solves

You rely on a set of automated workflows to keep your business running, but if something breaks or gets overwritten, there's no reliable copy to fall back on. You also have no clear history of what changed or when.

Who it fits

An operations or IT team that relies on automated workflows and wants them backed up safely.

How it works

  1. The process starts and pulls a list of all your automation workflows
  2. Each workflow is compared against the version already stored in your repository
  3. New workflows are added and changed ones are updated in the repository
  4. A summary shows which workflows were added, updated, or left unchanged
What you get

Workflows that are never one bad click from gone

Every automation workflow you run gets copied into your code repository automatically, kept current every time something changes.

What you get

An up-to-date backup of your workflows in your code repository, with a change history.

What you need

A GitLab account and access to your automation platform.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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