# Backup Clockify to GitHub based on monthly reports: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across GitHub. 16 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/backup-clockify-to-github-based-on-monthly-reports (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Backup Clockify to GitHub based on monthly reports

Started by a clock, and works across GitHub. 16 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**16 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 8 Service 7

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Get first workspace** Clockify *Service*
- 3 **Globals** Set *Logic*
- 4 **Set month indexes** Set *Logic*
- 5 **Split Out indexes** Split Out *Logic*
- 6 **Set intervals** Set *Logic*
- 7 **Get detailed monthly report** Http Request *Service*
- 8 **Check if file exists in GitHub** Github *Service*
- 9 **Point to new data** Set *Logic*
- 10 **Extract from File** Extract From File *Service*
- 11 **Check for 404 error message** If *Logic*
- 12 **Compare Datasets** Compare Datasets *Service*
- 13 **Skip empty reports** Filter *Logic*
- 14 **Stop and Error** Stop And Error *Logic*
- 15 **Update file in GitHub** Github *Service*
- 16 **Create file in GitHub** Github *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 16, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** GitHub
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own GitHub account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 16 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 16 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fbackup-clockify-to-github-based-on-monthly-reports)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[GitHub](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=GitHub#library)

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