7 of these workflows come from what this
role does day to day. The whole role accounts for
7.9% 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 hardware benchmark results against spec threshold
Done by about 1.8 million people across 6 job roles, daily.
When a hardware performance test finishes running
→ then Log benchmark result against spec threshold
Acts every time the trigger fires.
- Reads
test id, device id, benchmark score, spec threshold, test type- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1258, 9 of 11 nodes ran in 352 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 1258
- missing field halts — execution 1259
Found by reading the published duties of Computer Network Support Specialists, Computer User Support Specialists in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Alert network staff when performance thresholds are crossed
Done by about 677,000 people across 4 job roles, daily.
When a monitored network metric crosses its defined threshold
→ then Alert network staff of threshold breach
Acts when the variance is more than 0. Otherwise it logs that the metric is within its normal threshold, and stops.
- Reads
metric id, metric name, current value, threshold value, network id, recorded at- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 956, 12 of 20 nodes ran in 2321 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 956
- rule does not apply — execution 957
- missing field halts — execution 958
Found by reading the published duties of Computer and Information Research Scientists, Computer Network Support Specialists in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Log completed network tasks in the network log
Done by about 824,000 people across 5 job roles, daily.
When a network-related task or change is completed
→ then Record completed task in network log
Acts every time the trigger fires.
- Reads
task id, task name, completed by, completed at, network id, task type- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1232, 9 of 11 nodes ran in 341 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 1232
- missing field halts — execution 1233
Found by reading the published duties of Computer Network Support Specialists, Computer Network Architects in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Update equipment inventory count on stock change
Done by about 1.5 million people across 4 job roles, more than monthly.
When fires when an equipment item is added to or removed from stock
→ then Log the updated equipment count
Acts when the count diff is anything but 0. Otherwise it logs that the equipment count did not change, and stops.
- Reads
event id, equipment id, action, previous count, new count- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1454, 10 of 13 nodes ran in 321 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 1454
- rule does not apply — execution 1455
- missing field halts — execution 1456
Found by reading the published duties of Search Marketing Strategists, Telecommunications Engineering Specialists in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Install the requested software package automatically
Done by about 2.8 million people across 10 job roles, several times a day.
When a software package install is requested for a target machine
→ then Install package on target machine
Acts when the license available is true. Otherwise it logs that no license seat is available, and stops.
- Reads
request id, package name, target machine, license available, requested by, requested at- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1214, 10 of 13 nodes ran in 449 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 1214
- rule does not apply — execution 1215
- missing field halts — execution 1216
Found by reading the published duties of Health Informatics Specialists, Computer Network Support Specialists in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Back up data automatically on a schedule
Done by about 1.3 million people across 8 job roles, several times a day.
On a schedule Every day at 2am
→ then Backup copy created
Acts every time the trigger fires.
- Reads
system name, data source, scheduled time, backup size mb, destination path- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 993, 9 of 11 nodes ran in 334 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 993
- missing field halts — execution 994
Found by reading the published duties of Computer Network Support Specialists, Telecommunications Engineering Specialists in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Run requested file add, delete, or backup
Done by about 180,000 people across 1 job role, daily.
When a file add, delete, or backup request is submitted
→ then Run requested file operation
Acts when the authorized is true. Otherwise it logs that the request was not authorized, and stops.
- Reads
request id, operation type, file path, target system, authorized, requested at- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1380, 10 of 13 nodes ran in 428 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 1380
- rule does not apply — execution 1381
- missing field halts — execution 1382
Found by reading the published duties of Computer Network Architects in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.