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+name: cmor tables
+
+# Controls when the action will run. Workflow runs when manually triggered using the UI
+# or API.
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 0 * * *"
+
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "*"
+
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  update-cmor-tables:
+    # The type of runner that the job will run on
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
+    steps:
+    - name: checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.10'
+
+    - name: Install data_request_tools
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install git+https://github.com/WCRP-CORDEX/data-request-tools@v0.1.0
+
+    - name: Create tables 
+      run: |
+        create-cmor-tables data-request-fpsurbrcc.csv --coords --output cmor-tables