Backup workflows to GitHub

n8n template #1222

Summary

Note: This workflow uses the internal API which is not official. This workflow might break in the future. The workflow executes every night at 23:59. You can configure a different time bin the Cron node. Configure the GitHub nodes with your username, repo name, and the file path. In the HTTP Request nodes (making a request to localhost:5678), create Basic Auth credentials with your n8n instance username and password.

How to set it up

Open template #1222 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
Create a credential under Credentials → Add credential: GitHub. Then open each of those nodes and pick the credential.
Click Execute workflow and step through each node's output to confirm the data looks right.
Toggle the workflow to Active so its trigger runs on its own.

Hand off to your agent

Prompt

Help me set up the n8n workflow "Backup workflows to GitHub" (https://n8n.io/workflows/1222). It uses: GitHub, HTTP Request. Import the template JSON into my n8n instance, list every credential I need to create, and walk me through testing it.

Paste into Claude Code and it will do the rest.

Apps and nodes

GitHub HTTP Request

Questions

Yes. Harshil Agrawal published it free on n8n.io as a verified creator, and it has 9,364 views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.

GitHub. The other 1 node are built into n8n.

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