Automatically back up your automation workflows to GitHub

Every change to your automated workflows is automatically saved to GitHub, with a Slack summary after each backup.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each active workflow.

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
Messaging & NotificationsFile & Cloud StorageDevOps & IT Operations
Connects
GitHubSlack

The problem it solves

You've built automations that your business now depends on, but if something breaks or gets accidentally deleted, you have no record of what changed or when. Manually exporting and saving backups is easy to forget and easy to skip.

Who it fits

Teams and self-hosters who rely on automation workflows and want version history without manual exports.

How it works

  1. A schedule runs the check at a set time
  2. The system pulls every active workflow from your automation platform
  3. Each one is compared to the last saved version in GitHub
  4. Changed workflows are committed to GitHub
  5. A Slack message reports what backed up successfully or failed
What you get

Workflow versions you can always roll back to

It keeps a running history of every change to your automations so you always have a version to fall back on.

What you get

A version-controlled backup of every workflow in GitHub, plus a Slack summary of each backup run.

What you need

A GitHub account and a Slack workspace, plus access to your automation platform's API.

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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