5 of these workflows come from what this
role does day to day. The whole role accounts for
39.8% 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 incoming documents in the right location
Done by about 6.2 million people across 17 job roles, several times a day.
When a document or record is received
→ then Log document filed to location
Acts every time the trigger fires.
- Reads
document id, document type, received date, destination location, sender name
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1120, 9 of 11 nodes ran in 452 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 1120
- missing field halts — execution 1121
Found by reading the published duties of Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners, Embalmers in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Flag transaction records with mismatched data
Done by about 6.1 million people across 17 job roles, several times a day.
When a financial transaction record is submitted
→ then Flag the transaction for review
Acts when the amount variance is more than 0. Otherwise it logs that the recorded amount matches the expected amount, and stops.
- Reads
transaction id, recorded amount, expected amount, account name, submitted at
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1174, 12 of 20 nodes ran in 649 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 1174
- rule does not apply — execution 1175
- missing field halts — execution 1176
Found by reading the published duties of Billing and Posting Clerks, Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Enter received document data into database
Done by about 3.9 million people across 24 job roles, several times a day.
When a source document or record is received
→ then Enter document data into database
Acts when the data verified is true. Otherwise it logs that the document data has not been verified yet, and stops.
- Reads
document id, document type, received date, data verified, page count
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1100, 10 of 13 nodes ran in 427 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 1100
- rule does not apply — execution 1101
- missing field halts — execution 1102
Found by reading the published duties of Appraisers of Personal and Business Property, Bioinformatics Technicians in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Convert submitted dictation into typed document
Done by about 815,000 people across 8 job roles, several times a day.
When a document draft or dictation recording is submitted
→ then Notify typist that dictation is ready to type
Acts when the recording complete is true. Otherwise it logs that the recording is not yet complete, and stops.
- Reads
dictation id, author name, audio length minutes, recording complete, submitted at
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1074, 12 of 20 nodes ran in 525 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 1074
- rule does not apply — execution 1075
- missing field halts — execution 1076
Found by reading the published duties of Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service, Tellers in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Record customer or applicant details into the system
Done by about 342,000 people across 2 job roles, several times a day.
When customer or applicant submits info in person, by mail, or by phone
→ then Record applicant details
Acts every time the trigger fires.
- Reads
applicant id, full name, contact email, contact phone, submission channel, submitted at
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1340, 9 of 11 nodes ran in 419 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 1340
- missing field halts — execution 1341
Found by reading the published duties of Tellers, Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.