Automatically back up your automations to GitHub every day

Every day it saves a current copy of all your automations to GitHub, so nothing is ever lost.

How the work actually flows

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

Pattern: Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14) · Exclusive Choice (4)

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Starts itA stepRuns once per itemA record or sheetOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
Knowledge Base & RAGDocument Processing & OCRFile & Cloud StorageDevOps & IT Operations
Connects
GitHub

The problem it solves

If your automated systems break, get accidentally changed, or disappear, you have no easy way to get back to a working version. Rebuilding critical automations from memory is slow and risky, especially if the person who built them isn't around.

Who it fits

A fit for any business that relies on automated systems and wants a safety net against accidental changes or data loss.

How it works

  1. On a daily schedule, the system checks what's already backed up in your GitHub repository
  2. It pulls the current version of every automation
  3. Each one is converted into a file and given a timestamped name
  4. New automations are added and existing ones are updated in GitHub
What you get

Automations you can restore after any mistake

Every day a current copy of all your automations gets saved to GitHub, so nothing is ever lost to an accidental change.

What you get

A daily, version-controlled backup of every automation, stored safely in GitHub.

What you need

A GitHub account and a GitHub personal access token.

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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