Automatically back up your automations to GitHub

Keeps a version-controlled backup of every automation in GitHub, organized into folders automatically.

How the work actually flows

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

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Simple Merge (5) · Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

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Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
File & Cloud StorageDevOps & IT Operations
Connects
GitHub

The problem it solves

If your automation platform goes down or someone accidentally deletes a workflow, you could lose configurations you rely on every day with no way to get them back. Manually exporting and saving each one is easy to forget and hard to keep organized. You want a safety net that doesn't depend on you remembering to do it.

Who it fits

IT and operations teams responsible for maintaining business-critical automations.

How it works

  1. The system exports every current automation
  2. It checks GitHub to see whether a matching backup file already exists
  3. It updates the file if something changed, or creates a new one if it's new
  4. It sorts each backup into the right folder based on its tags
  5. It skips anything that hasn't changed since the last backup
What you get

Automations you never worry about losing

Every automation you build stays backed up and version-controlled in GitHub, organized automatically into the right folders.

What you get

An organized, version-controlled backup of every automation stored safely in GitHub.

What you need

A GitHub account.

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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