6 of these workflows come from what this
role does day to day. The whole role accounts for
35.5% 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
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
Reformat submitted documents to required template
Done by about 42,000 people across 3 job roles, several times a day.
When a document is submitted for formatting
→ then Flag document for reformatting
Acts when the template match is False. Otherwise it logs that the document already matches the required template, and stops.
- Reads
document id, submitted format, target template, submitted date, page count
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1359, 12 of 20 nodes ran in 448 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 1359
- rule does not apply — execution 1360
- missing field halts — execution 1361
Found by reading the published duties of Bioinformatics Technicians, Word Processors and Typists 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
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.
Built · proved in test
File finalized records into storage
Done by about 3.2 million people across 7 job roles, several times a day.
When a record is finalized for storage
→ then File record into storage
Acts when the finalized is true. Otherwise it logs that the record has not been finalized yet, and stops.
- Reads
record id, record type, finalized, storage location
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1117, 10 of 13 nodes ran in 463 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 1117
- rule does not apply — execution 1118
- missing field halts — execution 1119
Found by reading the published duties of File Clerks, Library Assistants, Clerical 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.