Example of automatic GitHub Action with Python and uv

auto_github_action_python_uv.yml

name: Weekly Data Fetch

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 * * 0" # runs every Sunday at midnight UTC
  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual trigger

permissions:
  contents: write # grants permission to push changes

jobs:
  update-data:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Set up uv (Python package manager)
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
        with:
          enable-cache: true

      - name: Install uv dependencies from lockfile
        run: uv sync --frozen

      - name: Run data fetch script
        env:
          API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN }}
        run: uv run python src/github-actions/01-auto_fetch_api.py

      - name: Run data cleaning script
        run: uv run python src/github-actions/02-clean_data.py

      - name: Commit and push changes
        run: |
          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
          git add .
          git commit -m "Automated data update: Refresh data files [GitHub Actions]" || exit 0
          git push