GitHub Actions

Add a final step that pings your monitor only when the previous steps succeeded.

Scheduled workflow

For a workflow that runs on a schedule, add a ping step at the end of the job:

name: Nightly job
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 3 * * *"

jobs:
  run:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Do the work
        run: ./scripts/nightly.sh

      - name: Ping Did My Job Run
        run: curl -fsS https://didmyjobrun.com/ping/${{ secrets.DMJR_PING_KEY }}

• By default a step only runs if all previous steps succeeded, so if Do the work fails, the ping step is skipped and you get alerted.
• Store your ping key as a repository secret (here DMJR_PING_KEY) rather than hardcoding it. Copy the key from your monitor on the dashboard.

Always run the ping logic, branch on outcome

If you’d rather have a single step that reports the real result, gate it on the job status:

      - name: Ping on success only
        if: success()
        run: curl -fsS https://didmyjobrun.com/ping/${{ secrets.DMJR_PING_KEY }}

Keep the monitor’s period at your schedule interval (1 day here) plus some grace, since GitHub’s scheduled runs can start a few minutes late.