Automatically back up your business automations to GitHub

Saves a dated backup of every automation you run to GitHub and alerts your team if anything fails.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; runs once per each automation; a person is alerted when a step fails.

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

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Starts itRuns once per itemA personA record or sheetOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
File & Cloud StorageDevOps & IT Operations
Connects
GitHubDiscord

The problem it solves

Your business runs on automations you've built over time, but if something goes wrong or gets deleted, you have no backup to fall back on. Rebuilding lost automations from scratch costs real time and can quietly break other parts of your business.

Who it fits

Businesses that rely on custom automations and want protection if something breaks or gets deleted.

How it works

  1. A backup runs automatically on a set schedule
  2. The current version of every automation is compared to the last backup
  3. Changed automations are saved to a dated folder in GitHub
  4. Your team gets a Discord message when the backup starts, succeeds, or fails
What you get

Workflows you never have to rebuild from scratch

Every automation you run gets a dated backup in GitHub, with your team alerted the moment anything fails.

What you get

A dated, version-controlled backup of all your automations stored in GitHub, plus a status alert.

What you need

A GitHub account and a Discord server for alerts.

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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