diff --git a/.github/workflows/collect_metadata.yml b/.github/workflows/collect_metadata.yml
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+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - master
+
+name: collect_metadata
+
+jobs:
+  collect:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      EMF_DATABASE_HOST: ${{ secrets.EMF_DATABASE_HOST }}
+      EMF_DATABASE_USER: ${{ secrets.EMF_DATABASE_USER}}
+      EMF_DATABASE_PASS: ${{ secrets.EMF_DATABASE_PASS}}
+      EMF_DATABASE: ${{ secrets.EMF_DATABASE}}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install -y make libicu-dev pandoc libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev git libgit2-dev libpq-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libfribidi-dev libharfbuzz-dev libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libtiff-dev libxml2-dev libssh-dev
+
+      - name: Cache keys dependencies
+        run: |
+          install.packages('pkgdepends')
+          saveRDS(pkgdepends::new_pkg_deps('https://github.com/emf-creaf/EMFtoolbox')$resolve()$get_resolution(), ".github/depends.Rds", version = 2)
+          writeLines(sprintf("R-%i.%i", getRversion()$major, getRversion()$minor), ".github/R-version")
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Restore R package cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.R_LIBS_USER }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/R-version') }}-1-${{ hashFiles('.github/depends.Rds') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/R-version') }}-1-
+
+      - name: Install packages
+        run: |
+          R -e 'install.packages("remotes")'
+          R -e 'remotes::install_github("emf-creaf/EMFtoolbox")'
+
+      - name: Collect metadata and update db
+        run: |
+          R -e 'EMFtoolbox::collect_metadata(.dry = FALSE)'
diff --git a/metadata.yml b/metadata.yml
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+id: 'medfateland'
+title: medfateland
+emf_type: softwork
+emf_public: true
+emf_automatized: true
+emf_reproducible: false
+emf_draft: false
+emf_data_type: emf_data_product
+data_repository: ''
+model_repository: ''
+nodes:
+- "medfate_model"
+resource_link: softworks/medfateland
+authors:
+- mcaceres
+- aameztegui
+- naquilue
+tags: ''
+links:
+  url_pdf: ''
+  url_doi: ''
+  url_docs: 'https://emf-creaf.github.io/medfateland/'
+  url_source: 'https://github.com/emf-creaf/medfateland/'
+requirements:
+- 'R (>= 3.4.0)'
+description: 'Simulate forest hydrology, forest function and dynamics over landscapes'
+date: '2024-06-21'
+date_lastmod: '2024-06-21'