16 workflows in
this area. Each one is built and has run; none of them is running
for a business yet. Pick the ones that match how your office works and see
what it takes to deploy.
Built · proved in test
Configure network devices to specified settings
Done by about 146,000 people across 1 job role, daily.
When configuration parameters are specified for a device
→ then Device configured with specified value
Acts when the value matches is False. Otherwise it logs that the device already has the specified value, and stops.
- Reads
device id, device name, parameter name, target value, current value
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1062, 10 of 13 nodes ran in 354 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 1062
- rule does not apply — execution 1063
- missing field halts — execution 1064
Found by reading the published duties of Computer Network Support Specialists in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
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
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
Grant the specified access level to user accounts
Done by about 407,000 people across 3 job roles, daily.
When the required access level for a user is specified
→ then Update user access level
Acts when the access matches is False. Otherwise it logs that the account already has the requested access level, and stops.
- Reads
request id, user email, system name, requested access level, current access level, requested at
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1208, 12 of 20 nodes ran in 551 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 1208
- rule does not apply — execution 1209
- missing field halts — execution 1210
Found by reading the published duties of Information Security Analysts, Computer Network Support Specialists in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Update the website ad rotation schedule
Done by about 435,000 people across 1 job role, more than weekly.
When new ad creative and schedule are submitted
→ then Tell the web administrator to configure the rotation
Acts when the schedule length days is more than 0. Otherwise it logs that the end date is not after the start date, and stops.
- Reads
ad id, campaign name, placement slot, start date, end date, submitted by
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1580, 12 of 20 nodes ran in 2354 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 1580
- rule does not apply — execution 1581
- missing field halts — execution 1582
Found by reading the published duties of Web Administrators in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
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.
Built · proved in test
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.
Built · proved in test
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
Apply encryption and firewall rules to data
Done by about 191,000 people across 1 job role, daily.
When a data channel is flagged as needing encryption or firewall changes
→ then Apply encryption or firewall rule
Acts when the security action required is true. Otherwise it logs that the channel needs no encryption or firewall change, and stops.
- Reads
channel id, channel name, security action required, requires encryption, requires firewall rule, identified at
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 980, 12 of 20 nodes ran in 536 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 980
- rule does not apply — execution 981
- missing field halts — execution 982
Found by reading the published duties of Information Security Analysts in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Record pass or fail results of tests
Done by about 191,000 people across 1 job role, daily.
When a scheduled or triggered test run finishes executing
→ then Record the test run result
Acts every time the trigger fires.
- Reads
test run id, test name, passed, executed at, system id
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1352, 9 of 11 nodes ran in 361 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 1352
- missing field halts — execution 1353
Found by reading the published duties of Information Security Analysts in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.
Built · proved in test
Run requested file add, delete, or backup
Done by about 180,000 people across 1 job role, daily.
When a file add, delete, or backup request is submitted
→ then Run requested file operation
Acts when the authorized is true. Otherwise it logs that the request was not authorized, and stops.
- Reads
request id, operation type, file path, target system, authorized, requested at
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1380, 10 of 13 nodes ran in 428 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 1380
- rule does not apply — execution 1381
- missing field halts — execution 1382
Found by reading the published duties of Computer Network Architects 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.
Built · proved in test
Generate a schema diagram from finalized database
Done by about 67,000 people across 1 job role, more than weekly.
When a database schema structure is finalized
→ then Schema diagram generated
Acts when the version diff is anything but 0. Otherwise it logs that the schema version has not changed, and stops.
- Reads
schema id, schema name, version number, previous version number, finalized at
- Evidence
- Proved in test: n8n execution 1196, 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 1196
- rule does not apply — execution 1197
- missing field halts — execution 1198
Found by reading the published duties of Database Architects in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET database.