diff --git a/.github/workflows/editors-picks.yml b/.github/workflows/editors-picks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa294f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/editors-picks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+name: Update Editors Picks
+
+on:
+    push:
+        branches: [main]
+        paths:
+            - 'editors-picks-input.txt'
+
+jobs:
+    update:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        permissions:
+            contents: write
+
+        steps:
+            - name: Checkout
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+              with:
+                  fetch-depth: 1
+
+            - name: Check for backoff condition
+              id: backoff
+              run: |
+                  CHANGED=$(git diff-tree --no-commit-id -r --name-only HEAD)
+                  echo "Files changed in this commit:"
+                  echo "$CHANGED"
+                  if echo "$CHANGED" | grep -qE '^public/editors-picks\.json$|^public/editors-picks-old/'; then
+                    echo "Detected changes to generated files in this commit — backing off to avoid overwriting manual edits."
+                    echo "skip=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+                  else
+                    echo "skip=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+                  fi
+
+            - name: Setup Python
+              if: steps.backoff.outputs.skip == 'false'
+              uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+              with:
+                  python-version: '3.x'
+
+            - name: Archive current editors picks
+              if: steps.backoff.outputs.skip == 'false'
+              run: |
+                  python3 - << 'EOF'
+                  import json, re
+                  from datetime import date
+
+                  today = date.today()
+                  # Filename uses non-padded month/day to match existing convention
+                  filename = f"{today.year}-{today.month}-{today.day}.json"
+                  # Date field uses ISO format (zero-padded)
+                  iso_date = today.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+                  archive_path = f"public/editors-picks-old/{filename}"
+
+                  # Read optional label from input file
+                  label = iso_date
+                  with open("editors-picks-input.txt") as f:
+                      for line in f:
+                          m = re.match(r"^#\s*label:\s*(.+)", line.strip())
+                          if m:
+                              label = m.group(1).strip()
+                              break
+
+                  # Copy current picks to archive
+                  with open("public/editors-picks.json") as f:
+                      current = json.load(f)
+                  with open(archive_path, "w") as f:
+                      json.dump(current, f, indent=4)
+
+                  # Prepend to index so newest archived version appears first
+                  with open("public/editors-picks-old/index.json") as f:
+                      index = json.load(f)
+                  index.insert(0, {
+                      "file": filename,
+                      "label": label,
+                      "date": iso_date,
+                  })
+                  with open("public/editors-picks-old/index.json", "w") as f:
+                      json.dump(index, f, indent=4)
+
+                  print(f"Archived to {archive_path} with label '{label}'")
+                  EOF
+
+            - name: Generate new editors picks
+              if: steps.backoff.outputs.skip == 'false'
+              run: python3 gen-editors-picks.py
+
+            - name: Commit and push
+              if: steps.backoff.outputs.skip == 'false'
+              run: |
+                  git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+                  git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+                  git add public/editors-picks.json public/editors-picks-old/
+                  git diff --staged --quiet && echo "No changes to commit." && exit 0
+                  git commit -m "chore: update editors picks [skip ci]"
+                  git push
diff --git a/editors-picks-input.txt b/editors-picks-input.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdfb599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors-picks-input.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Editors Picks — album IDs (one per line)
+# Optional: add a label for this set with "# label: ..."
+# Lines starting with # are ignored.
+# label: Spring 2026
+
+324660713
+15427733
+464178301
+75115890
+410197513
+418729278
+504004321
+510893864
+325723583
+336178142
+106369871
+423471869
diff --git a/gen-editors-picks.py b/gen-editors-picks.py
index eb3a8e4..2d05e72 100644
--- a/gen-editors-picks.py
+++ b/gen-editors-picks.py
@@ -2,22 +2,10 @@
 
 import urllib.request
 import json
+import re
 import sys
 
-ALBUMS = [
-    324660713,
-    15427733,
-    464178301,
-    75115890,
-    410197513,
-    418729278,
-    504004321,
-    510893864,
-    325723583,
-    336178142,
-    106369871,
-    423471869,
-]
+INPUT_FILE = "editors-picks-input.txt"
 
 TOKEN = "eyJraWQiOiJ2OU1GbFhqWSIsImFsZyI6IkVTMjU2In0.eyJ0eXBlIjoibzJfYWNjZXNzIiwic2NvcGUiOiIiLCJnVmVyIjowLCJzVmVyIjowLCJjaWQiOjEzNTU3LCJhdCI6IklOVEVSTkFMIiwiZXhwIjoxNzc1MTI4ODUzLCJpc3MiOiJodHRwczovL2F1dGgudGlkYWwuY29tL3YxIn0.qRoN8BRLM3R5WAXM3kS2hkWyaGk5tWF0FaHWJmkrWNvI48hKyS9lhVOTSnP1XkFEfdXv6aTzGUNUewyp-O_d3w"
 
@@ -26,6 +14,19 @@ HEADERS = {
     "authorization": f"Bearer {TOKEN}",
 }
 
+def read_album_ids(path):
+    ids = []
+    with open(path) as f:
+        for line in f:
+            line = line.strip()
+            if not line or line.startswith("#"):
+                continue
+            try:
+                ids.append(int(line))
+            except ValueError:
+                print(f"Skipping invalid ID: {line!r}", file=sys.stderr)
+    return ids
+
 def fetch_album(album_id):
     url = f"https://api.tidal.com/v1/albums/{album_id}?countryCode=US"
     req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers=HEADERS)
@@ -52,8 +53,10 @@ def transform_album(api_data):
         "mediaMetadata": api_data.get("mediaMetadata"),
     }
 
+albums = read_album_ids(INPUT_FILE)
+
 picks = []
-for album_id in ALBUMS:
+for album_id in albums:
     data = fetch_album(album_id)
     if data:
         picks.append(transform_album(data))