5 of these workflows come from what this
role does day to day. The whole role accounts for
9.4% 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
File sanitation and subsidy records for agencies
Done by about 238,000 people across 1 job role, daily.
When A sanitation inspection or subsidy transaction record is recorded
→ then File the record with the government agency
Acts when the is final is true. Otherwise it logs that the record is still pending review, not yet final, and stops.
- Reads
record id, record type, agency name, record date, is final, amount
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1569, 10 of 13 nodes ran in 344 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 1569
- rule does not apply — execution 1570
- missing field halts — execution 1571
Found by reading the published duties of Food Service Managers in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Book dining reservations automatically
Done by about 4.2 million people across 4 job roles, several times a day.
When a customer submits a dining reservation request
→ then Confirm the dining reservation
Acts when the capacity margin is at least 0. Otherwise it logs that the party size exceeds available table capacity, and stops.
- Reads
reservation id, customer name, party size, requested datetime, available capacity
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1006, 12 of 20 nodes ran in 643 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 1006
- rule does not apply — execution 1007
- missing field halts — execution 1008
Found by reading the published duties of Food Service Managers, First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Record customer bookings and equipment rentals
Done by about 688,000 people across 3 job roles, several times a day.
When a customer requests a booking or equipment rental
→ then Record the booking and equipment issuance
Acts when the availability margin is at least 0. Otherwise it logs that not enough of the item is available to fill the request, and stops.
- Reads
booking id, customer name, item requested, quantity requested, quantity available
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1337, 10 of 13 nodes ran in 896 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 1337
- rule does not apply — execution 1338
- missing field halts — execution 1339
Found by reading the published duties of Food Service Managers, Concierges 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 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.