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Automation

tailscale-acl and tailscale-webhook

Network access rules kept in git, and alerts to Telegram when the private network changes.

built Sep 2026 updated Oct 2026 Reaching me on my phone

how it works

ACL hujson + apply script; Cloudflare Worker turning Tailscale webhooks into Telegram messages.

Automation: Something that runs on a schedule by itself.

The code for this one lives in a private repo. This page explains the idea so you can build your own.

tailscaleworker

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