7 of these workflows come from what this
role does day to day. The whole role accounts for
27.3% 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
Start or stop network services on schedule
Done by about 314,000 people across 1 job role, several times a day.
On a schedule Every day when a scheduled service start or stop time is reached
→ then Change network service state
Acts when the enabled is true. Otherwise it logs that the service is disabled for scheduled changes, and stops.
- Reads
service name, scheduled action, node, enabled, scheduled time- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1415, 10 of 13 nodes ran in 422 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 1415
- rule does not apply — execution 1416
- missing field halts — execution 1417
Found by reading the published duties of Network and Computer Systems Administrators 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
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
Log scheduled network startup and shutdown events
Done by about 314,000 people across 1 job role, more than monthly.
When a scheduled network startup or shutdown occurs
→ then Startup or shutdown event logged
Acts every time the trigger fires.
- Reads
event id, device id, device name, event type, occurred at- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1283, 9 of 11 nodes ran in 439 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 1283
- missing field halts — execution 1284
Found by reading the published duties of Network and Computer Systems Administrators in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.