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Backup your credentials to GitHub

Started by a clock, and works across GitHub. 20 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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20 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 3Logic 12Service 5

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

  1. 1On clicking 'execute'Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Schedule TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  3. 3Get file dataGithubService
  4. 4Execute Workflow TriggerExecute Workflow triggerStarts it
  5. 5Execute CommandExecute CommandService
  6. 6If file too largeIfLogic
  7. 7GlobalsSetLogic
  8. 8Merge ItemsMergeLogic
  9. 9JSON formattingCodeLogic
  10. 10Get FileHttp RequestService
  11. 11isDiffOrNewCodeLogic
  12. 12Loop Over ItemsSplit In BatchesLogic
  13. 13Check StatusSwitchLogic
  14. 14Execute WorkflowExecute WorkflowLogic
  15. 15Same file - Do nothingNo OpLogic
  16. 16File is differentNo OpLogic
  17. 17File is newNo OpLogic
  18. 18ReturnSetLogic
  19. 19Edit existing fileGithubService
  20. 20Create new fileGithubService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
20, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
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. 20 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 20 steps before you point it at anything that matters.