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+name: trigger server to update cached data
+on:
+  schedule:
+    #        ┌───────────── minute (0 - 59)
+    #        │ ┌───────────── hour (0 - 23)
+    #        │ │  ┌───────────── day of the month (1 - 31)
+    #        │ │  │  ┌───────────── month (1 - 12 or JAN-DEC)
+    #        │ │  │  │ ┌───────────── day of the week (0 - 6 or SUN-SAT)
+    #        │ │  │  │ │
+    #        │ │  │  │ │
+    #        │ │  │  │ │
+    #        * *  *  * *
+    - cron: "45 /12 * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  triggerRepeatRecent:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Make Request
+        id: myRequest
+        uses: fjogeleit/http-request-action@v1
+        with:
+          url: "https://github-readme-stats-git-caching-martin-mfgs-projects.vercel.app/api/repeat-recent"
+          method: "POST"
+          timeout: "62000"
+      - name: Show Response
+        run: |
+          echo ${{ steps.myRequest.outputs.response }}
+          echo ${{ steps.myRequest.outputs.status }}