# AI-powered vulnerability scanner with Nessus and Google Sheets: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Email and Google Sheets. 22 steps, 1 branch: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/ai-powered-vulnerability-scanner-with-nessus-and-google-shee (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Research and reporting](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Research+and+reporting#library)

# AI-powered vulnerability scanner with Nessus and Google Sheets

Started by a clock, and works across Email and Google Sheets. 22 steps, 1 branch: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

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**22 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Logic 13 Service 7

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

- 1 **⏱️ Trigger – Scheduled Scan** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **ERROR – On Failure** Error trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **🔐 AUTH – Login to Nessus** Http Request *Service*
- 4 **🛠️ UTILS – Set Grouped Data** Set *Logic*
- 5 **🔐 AUTH – Set API Token** Set *Logic*
- 6 **Code1** Code *Logic*
- 7 **🌐 DISC – Initialize Network Segments** Function *Logic*
- 8 **📄 EXPORT – Sheet Append** Google Sheets *Service*
- 9 **🌐 DISC – Discover Assets** Http Request *Service*
- 10 **🧠 AI – Process Assets** Function *Logic*
- 11 **🔄 UTILS – Split Assets** Split Out *Logic*
- 12 **🧪 SCAN – Run Nessus** Http Request *Service*
- 13 **🔍 SCAN – Process Vulnerabilities** Function *Logic*
- 14 **🤖 AI – Risk Evaluation** Function *Logic*
- 15 **📊 AI – Triage Vulnerabilities** Function *Logic*
- 16 **🚦 ALERT – LEV Trigger** If *Logic*
- 17 **🛠️ UTILS – Field Editor** Set *Logic*
- 18 **📧 Alert Security Team** Email Send *Service*
- 19 **📝 REPORT – Generate Summary** Function *Logic*
- 20 **Code** Code *Logic*
- 21 **Send Email** Email Send *Service*
- 22 **📄 EXPORT – Save to Sheet** Google Sheets *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 22, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Email, Google Sheets
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email and Google Sheets accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

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?

Take your time. At 22 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

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 22 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fai-powered-vulnerability-scanner-with-nessus-and-google-shee)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Email](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Email#library)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)

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