10 of these workflows come from what this
role does day to day. The whole role accounts for
12.0% 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.
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Retrieve the matching record on request
Done by about 7.1 million people across 17 job roles, several times a day.
When a request for specific information is received
→ then Deliver requested record
Acts when the record found is true. Otherwise it logs that no matching record exists for the request, and stops.
- Reads
request id, requester name, record reference, record found, requested at- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1374, 12 of 20 nodes ran in 526 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 1374
- rule does not apply — execution 1375
- missing field halts — execution 1376
Found by reading the published duties of Penetration Testers, Bioinformatics Technicians in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
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Publish submitted content updates to the website
Done by about 619,000 people across 3 job roles, several times a day.
When updated content is submitted for the website
→ then Publish the submitted content to the page
Acts every time the trigger fires.
- Reads
page id, content, submitted by, submission id, submitted at- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1332, 9 of 11 nodes ran in 454 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 1332
- missing field halts — execution 1333
Found by reading the published duties of Web Developers, Web and Digital Interface Designers in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Update database record with corrected information
Done by about 816,000 people across 4 job roles, several times a day.
When new or corrected information arrives for a record
→ then Update the database field
Acts when the values match is False. Otherwise it logs that the current and new values already match, and stops.
- Reads
record id, field name, current value, new value, source system, received at- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1448, 10 of 13 nodes ran in 430 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 1448
- rule does not apply — execution 1449
- missing field halts — execution 1450
Found by reading the published duties of Appraisers of Personal and Business Property, Database Administrators in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
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Convert GIS files to the needed format
Done by about 435,000 people across 1 job role, daily.
When a data file needs to be in a different format
→ then Log GIS file converted to target format
Acts when the format match is False. Otherwise it logs that the file is already in the required format, and stops.
- Reads
file id, current format, target format, file size mb- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1071, 10 of 13 nodes ran in 311 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 1071
- rule does not apply — execution 1072
- missing field halts — execution 1073
Found by reading the published duties of Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
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Alert team when system performance drops
Done by about 3.5 million people across 5 job roles, several times a day.
When a system performance metric reading is recorded
→ then Flag the performance anomaly to the systems team
Acts when the value over threshold is more than 0. Otherwise it logs that the metric is within its normal threshold, and stops.
- Reads
metric id, metric name, system id, metric value, threshold- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 961, 12 of 20 nodes ran in 429 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 961
- rule does not apply — execution 962
- missing field halts — execution 963
Found by reading the published duties of Computer Systems Analysts, Computer User Support Specialists in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
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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.
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Alert security team to suspicious activity
Done by about 696,000 people across 3 job roles, several times a day.
When a security monitoring rule detects an anomalous event
→ then Flag the suspicious event to the security team
Acts every time the trigger fires.
- Reads
event id, rule name, source ip, detected at, severity- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 959, 11 of 18 nodes ran in 459 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 959
- missing field halts — execution 960
Found by reading the published duties of Information Security Analysts, Web Developers 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
Flag project milestones as on-schedule or delayed
Done by about 435,000 people across 1 job role, daily.
On a schedule Runs daily to check milestones whose due date passed
→ then Flag the milestone as delayed past its due date
Acts when the completed is False. Otherwise it logs that the milestone was completed by its due date, and stops.
- Reads
milestone id, project id, milestone name, due date, completed- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1156, 12 of 20 nodes ran in 540 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 1156
- rule does not apply — execution 1157
- missing field halts — execution 1158
Found by reading the published duties of Information Technology Project Managers in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.