One thing I feel like we should add for automation...
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limited-student-10747
08/04/2026, 7:14 PMOne thing I feel like we should add for automations: “sync to git” functionality. In this case, all automations on a particular VM would be synced to a git repository, so any time the automations change in the VM or in git, they would be auto-updated in the other. The reason why this would be helpful is that it would provide more visibility, controllability, and versioning of the automations.
Right now on a VM it’s hard to see both the current state of the automations, and how they have changed over time.
limited-student-10747
08/04/2026, 7:15 PMOverleaf has this functionality, and it can be pretty handy.
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hundreds-twilight-32833
08/04/2026, 7:18 PMI like that a lot. I also have been thinking about backups for canvas configuration. Once you have everything all set up its a pain if you need to redo it all.
hundreds-twilight-32833
08/04/2026, 7:20 PMDo you think a user should define the repo individually or should we think about a canvas-wide git syncing location for other things like extensions (skills+plugins)
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limited-student-10747
08/04/2026, 7:21 PMI think the user should define the repo, or maybe even directory within a repo
limited-student-10747
08/04/2026, 7:24 PMOh, sorry, when you say “user”, I mean that one setting per agent server, so one agent server will have a single list of automations and a single github repo or directory
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hundreds-twilight-32833
08/04/2026, 7:26 PMSo then the singular backend (the active agent-server) would have a git repo where that backend could sync things to
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wooden-umbrella-84098
08/04/2026, 7:29 PMVery much agree!
wooden-umbrella-84098
08/04/2026, 7:29 PMThis has been bugging me
wooden-umbrella-84098
08/04/2026, 7:29 PMI also have a sort of prototype here
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limited-student-10747
08/04/2026, 8:52 PMHere’s an issue for tracking: github.com/OpenHands/automation/issues/300
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