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        "content": "## Nightly n8n backup to GitHub\nSaves every workflow as a JSON file in a GitHub repository each night, and updates files that already exist.\n\n1. Create a **private** repository. Workflows can contain URLs, IDs and notes you do not want public. Credential secrets are not exported.\n2. Create an n8n API key (Settings > n8n API) and add it as an n8n credential. Use your instance URL with /api/v1 as the base URL.\n3. Add a GitHub credential with access to that repository only, and set the owner and repo in the three GitHub nodes.\n\nFree template by [serverserv](https://serverserv.com/n8n-templates.html). MIT licence.",
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