9 of these workflows come from what this
role does day to day. The whole role accounts for
13.2% of its rated work in fixed-rule activities,
measured by the U.S. Department of Labor’s own importance and frequency
ratings — the rest of the job needs judgment or a person. Nothing here
replaces anybody; it takes the repetitive part off their desk.
Built · proved in test
Log operational readings automatically
2 builds of this one. The same workflow, fitted to what each business calls it and the field it checks — listed in the teardown below.
Done by about 253,000 people across 2 job roles, daily.
When an operational or environmental reading is taken
→ then Append reading to the log
Acts every time the trigger fires.
- Reads
reading id, reading type, reading value, unit, recorded at
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1266, 9 of 11 nodes ran in 368 ms.
What it does, step by step
- Trigger
- Normalize
- Required Fields?
- Load Recent
- Dedupe Gate
- First Time?
- Store Record
- Record Seen
- Log: Done
- Log: Missing Fields
- Log: Duplicate
Checked in test:
- acts on it — execution 1266
- missing field halts — execution 1267
The other builds:
- Log production and environmental readings automatically — reads
reading id, reading type, reading value, unit of measure, recorded at · execution 1272, 643 ms
Found by reading the published duties of Biomass Power Plant Managers, Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Update compliance record after a safety inspection
Done by about 246,000 people across 1 job role, occasionally.
When safety or environmental inspection data is recorded
→ then Update the compliance record with the inspection result
Acts every time the trigger fires.
- Reads
inspection id, facility name, inspection date, inspection type, result, violations found
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1578, 9 of 11 nodes ran in 332 ms.
What it does, step by step
- Trigger
- Normalize
- Required Fields?
- Load Recent
- Dedupe Gate
- First Time?
- Store Record
- Record Seen
- Log: Done
- Log: Missing Fields
- Log: Duplicate
Checked in test:
- acts on it — execution 1578
- missing field halts — execution 1579
Found by reading the published duties of Industrial Production Managers in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Record green energy operational data automatically
Done by about 1.1 million people across 4 job roles, several times a day.
When a green-energy process generates a data point
→ then Log the data point to the operational record
Acts every time the trigger fires.
- Reads
data point id, metric name, metric value, unit, recorded at
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1346, 9 of 11 nodes ran in 335 ms.
What it does, step by step
- Trigger
- Normalize
- Required Fields?
- Load Recent
- Dedupe Gate
- First Time?
- Store Record
- Record Seen
- Log: Done
- Log: Missing Fields
- Log: Duplicate
Checked in test:
- acts on it — execution 1346
- missing field halts — execution 1347
Found by reading the published duties of Chief Sustainability Officers, Advertising and Promotions Managers in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Send security and QC status updates to stakeholders
Done by about 402,000 people across 2 job roles, daily.
When a new status or QC report is ready
→ then Notify stakeholders of status update
Acts every time the trigger fires.
- Reads
report id, report type, status, report date, issued by
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1413, 11 of 18 nodes ran in 431 ms.
What it does, step by step
- Trigger
- Normalize
- Required Fields?
- Load Recent
- Dedupe Gate
- First Time?
- Notify Owner
- Pair Result
- Delivered?
- Wait Before Retry
- Retry (once)
- Pair Retry Result
- Retry Delivered?
- Record Seen
- Log: Done
- Log: Missing Fields
- Log: Duplicate
- Log: Delivery Failed
Checked in test:
- acts on it — execution 1413
- missing field halts — execution 1414
Found by reading the published duties of Security Managers, Quality Control Systems Managers in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Flag facility metrics that leave normal range
Done by about 1.2 million people across 5 job roles, several times a day.
When a monitored facility or system metric reading is captured
→ then Flag facility metric deviation
Acts when the variance over tolerance is more than 0. Otherwise it logs that the metric reading stayed within its normal range, and stops.
- Reads
metric id, metric name, metric value, normal target, normal tolerance
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1147, 12 of 20 nodes ran in 618 ms.
What it does, step by step
- Trigger
- Normalize
- Required Fields?
- Load Recent
- Dedupe Gate
- First Time?
- Applies?
- Notify Owner
- Pair Result
- Delivered?
- Wait Before Retry
- Retry (once)
- Pair Retry Result
- Retry Delivered?
- Record Seen
- Log: Done
- Log: Missing Fields
- Log: Duplicate
- Log: Not Applicable
- Log: Delivery Failed
Checked in test:
- acts on it — execution 1147
- rule does not apply — execution 1148
- missing field halts — execution 1149
Found by reading the published duties of Facilities Managers, Quality Control Systems Managers in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Reserve the requested slot when booking is submitted
Done by about 1.4 million people across 9 job roles, daily.
When a facility or activity booking request is submitted
→ then Reserve slot and confirm booking
Acts when the slot available is true. Otherwise it logs that the requested slot is already reserved, and stops.
- Reads
booking id, requester email, facility name, requested slot, slot available
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1362, 12 of 20 nodes ran in 539 ms.
What it does, step by step
- Trigger
- Normalize
- Required Fields?
- Load Recent
- Dedupe Gate
- First Time?
- Applies?
- Notify Owner
- Pair Result
- Delivered?
- Wait Before Retry
- Retry (once)
- Pair Retry Result
- Retry Delivered?
- Record Seen
- Log: Done
- Log: Missing Fields
- Log: Duplicate
- Log: Not Applicable
- Log: Delivery Failed
Checked in test:
- acts on it — execution 1362
- rule does not apply — execution 1363
- missing field halts — execution 1364
Found by reading the published duties of Chief Sustainability Officers, Biomass Power Plant Managers in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Update the employee record when data changes
Done by about 1 million people across 10 job roles, daily.
When an employee’s personnel data changes
→ then Update the employee record with new value
Acts when the needs update is true. Otherwise it logs that the value has not actually changed, and stops.
- Reads
change id, employee id, field name, old value, new value, needs update
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1470, 10 of 13 nodes ran in 424 ms.
What it does, step by step
- Trigger
- Normalize
- Required Fields?
- Load Recent
- Dedupe Gate
- First Time?
- Applies?
- Store Record
- Record Seen
- Log: Done
- Log: Missing Fields
- Log: Duplicate
- Log: Not Applicable
Checked in test:
- acts on it — execution 1470
- rule does not apply — execution 1471
- missing field halts — execution 1472
Found by reading the published duties of Industrial Production Managers, Compensation and Benefits Managers in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Update inventory count after each stock transaction
Done by about 706,000 people across 3 job roles, daily.
When fires when a stock count or usage transaction is recorded
→ then Log the updated inventory count
Acts when the count diff is anything but 0. Otherwise it logs that the new count matches the previous count, and stops.
- Reads
transaction id, item id, transaction type, previous count, new count
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1462, 10 of 13 nodes ran in 424 ms.
What it does, step by step
- Trigger
- Normalize
- Required Fields?
- Load Recent
- Dedupe Gate
- First Time?
- Applies?
- Store Record
- Record Seen
- Log: Done
- Log: Missing Fields
- Log: Duplicate
- Log: Not Applicable
Checked in test:
- acts on it — execution 1462
- rule does not apply — execution 1463
- missing field halts — execution 1464
Found by reading the published duties of Biomass Power Plant Managers, Food Service Managers in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.