Schedule Netlify Builds with GitHub Actions

I use a custom static site generator to publish my blog. It automatically deploys to Netlify when I merge new articles into my Git repository's main branch.

To support a "scheduled article" feature, I have configured a GitHub Actions scheduled workflow:

name: daily publish

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 * * *" # every day at midnight UTC

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Trigger Netlify build
        shell: bash
        env:
          NETLIFY_BUILD_HOOK: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_BUILD_HOOK }}
        run: curl -X POST -d {} "$NETLIFY_BUILD_HOOK"

Every day at midnight UTC, GitHub runs the workflow, deploying the site using a Netlify build hook. The build hook is a URL which I've stored as a GitHub encrypted secret.

When there are articles whose scheduled date matches the new UTC date, they are automatically published by this workflow.