Migrate from GitHub Actions Cron

Find your scheduled workflows

Look for workflow files with "on: schedule:" triggers in your .github/workflows/ directory.

# .github/workflows/cleanup.yml
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 * * * *"
jobs:
  cleanup:
    steps:
      - run: curl -X POST https://myapp.com/api/cleanup

Identify the HTTP endpoint

For workflows that call an HTTP endpoint (via curl or actions/http-client), note the URL, method, and headers.

Expose application logic as HTTP endpoints

If your workflow runs application code directly, wrap it in an HTTP route on your deployed app.

// Express
app.post('/api/cleanup', authenticate, async (req, res) => {
  await cleanupOldRecords();
  res.json({ cleaned: true });
});

Create JustRun jobs

Create a JustRun job for each workflow: same cron expression, HTTP endpoint URL, and any required auth headers. Use the CLI: npx @justrun/cli create.

Disable the GitHub Actions workflow

In each workflow file, remove the "schedule" trigger or add an "if: false" condition to disable it. Keep the workflow for manual/event-triggered runs if needed.

# Disable schedule trigger, keep manual trigger
on:
  workflow_dispatch: {}  # keep this for manual runs
  # schedule: disabled

Set up escalation policies

Configure multi-phase alerts in JustRun — notify Slack immediately, page PagerDuty after 5 minutes.