# Assignment deadline reminders with Notion: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Email and Notion. 6 steps, 1 branch: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/assignment-deadline-reminders-with-notion (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Scheduling](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Scheduling#library)

# Assignment deadline reminders with Notion

Started by a clock, and works across Email and Notion. 6 steps, 1 branch: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

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**6 steps** Small: readable in one sitting

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 3 Service 2

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

- 1 **Set Schedule For Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Notion - Get Assignments** Notion *Service*
- 3 **IF Assignments Exist** If *Logic*
- 4 **SplitOutItems itemList** Item Lists *Logic*
- 5 **No Assignments** No Op *Logic*
- 6 **Send Email Reminder** Email Send *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 6, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Small: readable in one sitting
- **Connects to:** Email, Notion
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email and Notion 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?

Not long. At 6 steps it can be read in one sitting and changed without fear.

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 6 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%2Fassignment-deadline-reminders-with-notion)
- **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)[Notion](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Notion#library)

## Workflows like it

Also scheduling, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

- [**Automated daily Outlook calendar meeting digest** 6 steps · Email, Outlook](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-daily-outlook-calendar-meeting-digest)
- [**Automated daily task reminder emails with Google Sheets** 6 steps · Email, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-daily-task-reminder-emails-with-google-sheets)
- [**Generate 7-day event plans with Google Calendar and Notion** 6 steps · Email, Notion](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-7-day-event-plans-with-google-calendar-and-notion)
- [**Scheduled daily affirmations with Telegram and Cron** 6 steps · Email, Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/scheduled-daily-affirmations-with-telegram-and-cron)
- [**School work to Notion with Gmail and Google Calendar** 6 steps · Gmail, Google Calendar](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/school-work-to-notion-with-gmail-and-google-calendar)
- [**Summarize meeting recordings and create Notion action items** 6 steps · Notion, Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/summarize-meeting-recordings-and-create-notion-action-items)