Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Academic housing monitor with Rocket.Chat and Intercom

Started by another system calling it, and works across Intercom and Slack. 10 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

10 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 6Service 3

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Incoming RequestWebhookStarts it
  2. 2Build URL ListCodeLogic
  3. 3Split URLsSplit In BatchesLogic
  4. 4Scrape Housing DataScrapegraph AiService
  5. 5Merge ResultsMergeLogic
  6. 6Clean & DeduplicateCodeLogic
  7. 7Price Threshold CheckIfLogic
  8. 8Send a messageSlackService
  9. 9Prepare Intercom PayloadCodeLogic
  10. 10Upsert in IntercomIntercomService

How it's built

Starts on
Another system calling it
Steps
10, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Intercom, Slack
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Intercom and Slack accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on another system calling it.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 10 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 10 steps before you point it at anything that matters.