Monitor GitHub Actions budget and send usage alerts to Slack

by Adriaan van Niekerk ✓ · 9 views · created 2026-06-07 · DevOps

What this workflow does

This workflow has 11 nodes and runs on a schedule (every 23 hours). Along the way it connects Slack.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every 23 hours).

1. Configuration (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 6 fields: repoOwner, monitorRepos, budgetMinutesPerMonth…
2. Expand Repo List (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
3. Fetch Recent Workflow Runs (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
4. Aggregate Workflow Stats (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
5. Fetch Org Billing Data (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
6. Calculate Budget Burn Rate (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
7. Format Usage Report (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
8. Budget Exceeded Threshold? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
9. Send Urgent Budget Warning (Slack): uses Slack
10. Post Daily Summary to Slack (Slack): uses Slack

Services it uses

Slack

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Nodes used (6)

• Schedule Triggern8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Slackn8n-nodes-base.slack
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if

From the author

Quick Overview This workflow runs daily to track GitHub Actions usage across selected repositories, combines recent workflow-run stats with GitHub Actions billing data, calculates budget burn rate and projected spend, and posts a summary to Slack with an…

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