Automatically back up your automations to GitHub

Keeps a version-controlled backup of every automation you run, updated automatically in GitHub.

How the work actually flows

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

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

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Starts itAn outside serviceRuns once per itemOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
DevOps & IT Operations
Connects
GitHub

The problem it solves

If an automation breaks or someone accidentally changes it, you have no easy way to see what it looked like before or roll it back. Keeping manual backups is easy to forget and even easier to lose track of.

Who it fits

Operations or IT teams responsible for maintaining a company's automations.

How it works

  1. The automation exports the full setup of every automation you run.
  2. It checks GitHub to see if a matching backup file already exists.
  3. If the file exists and has changed, it updates it.
  4. If it doesn't exist, it creates a new one.
  5. Unchanged automations are left alone.
What you get

Automation configs you never lose

You get a version-controlled backup of every automation you run, kept current in GitHub without any manual exporting.

What you get

An up-to-date, version-controlled backup of your automations stored in GitHub.

What you need

A GitHub account with repository access.

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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