6 of these workflows come from what this
role does day to day. The whole role accounts for
14.4% 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
Send approved purchase orders to suppliers
Done by about 1.3 million people across 2 job roles, several times a day.
When a purchase order or bid is approved
→ then Send purchase order to supplier
Acts when the is approved is true. Otherwise it logs that the purchase order has not been approved, and stops.
- Reads
po id, supplier email, is approved, po total, po document url
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1557, 12 of 20 nodes ran in 516 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 1557
- rule does not apply — execution 1558
- missing field halts — execution 1559
Found by reading the published duties of Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, Procurement Clerks in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Schedule carrier delivery when order is ready
Done by about 6.5 million people across 11 job roles, several times a day.
When an order is marked ready for delivery
→ then Notify team to schedule carrier delivery
Acts every time the trigger fires.
- Reads
order id, ready at, delivery address, requested delivery date
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1385, 11 of 18 nodes ran in 455 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 1385
- missing field halts — execution 1386
Found by reading the published duties of Floral Designers, Pharmacy Technicians in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Send requested brochures or catalogs to customers
Done by about 1.3 million people across 2 job roles, several times a day.
When a customer requests a brochure or catalog
→ then Send requested brochure to customer
Acts every time the trigger fires.
- Reads
request id, customer name, customer address, item requested, requested at
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1411, 11 of 18 nodes ran in 545 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 1411
- missing field halts — execution 1412
Found by reading the published duties of Travel Agents, Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Flag credit applications that mismatch bureau records
Done by about 1.7 million people across 4 job roles, several times a day.
When a customer submits a credit application
→ then Flag credit application for bureau mismatch
Acts when the score mismatch is more than 0. Otherwise it logs that the reported score matches bureau records, and stops.
- Reads
application id, customer name, reported credit score, bureau credit score, submitted at
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1138, 12 of 20 nodes ran in 612 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 1138
- rule does not apply — execution 1139
- missing field halts — execution 1140
Found by reading the published duties of Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers, Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Log completed transactions in the sales record
Done by about 11.4 million people across 12 job roles, several times a day.
When a sales transaction is completed
→ then Log completed transaction in sales record
Acts when the payment confirmed is true. Otherwise it logs that the payment has not been confirmed yet, and stops.
- Reads
transaction id, customer name, amount, payment confirmed, transaction date
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1241, 10 of 13 nodes ran in 440 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 1241
- rule does not apply — execution 1242
- missing field halts — execution 1243
Found by reading the published duties of First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Flag inventory items when stock falls low
Done by about 14.5 million people across 13 job roles, several times a day.
When an inventory quantity record is updated
→ then Flag item below reorder threshold
Acts when the stock gap is less than 0. Otherwise it logs that stock is at or above the reorder threshold, and stops.
- Reads
item id, item name, quantity on hand, reorder threshold, location
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1528, 12 of 20 nodes ran in 524 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 1528
- rule does not apply — execution 1529
- missing field halts — execution 1530
Found by reading the published duties of Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers, Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.