GitHub Actions Deployment

Goal

Deploy any Python automation to run on a schedule (cron) using GitHub Actions. Free for public repos. No server needed.

When to Use

• Daily/hourly/weekly automated tasks (social media posting, news digest, scraping, reports)
• Anything that runs, does its job, and exits (not a persistent bot)
• Student-friendly: $0 cost, no infrastructure

Prerequisites

• GitHub account
• Project in a git repo
• requirements.txt in the project

Step-by-Step