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Sync workflows to GitHub repository files

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across GitHub. 9 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

9 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 3Service 5

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

  1. 1Workflow Execution TriggerExecute Workflow triggerStarts it
  2. 2Initialize Workflow IDSetLogic
  3. 3Retrieve Workflow DataN8nService
  4. 4Set Workflow PropertiesSetLogic
  5. 5Convert to JSON File FormatConvert To FileService
  6. 6Fetch GitHub Workflow FileGithubService
  7. 7Check for ModificationsIfLogic
  8. 8Create GitHub FileGithubService
  9. 9Edit GitHub FileGithubService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
9, 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 an event in a connected app.

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. 9 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 9 steps before you point it at anything that matters.