Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Auto-publish Facebook posts from Google Sheets with Slack

Started by a change in a Google Sheet, and works across Email, Google Sheets, Outlook and Slack. 10 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

10 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
4Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 3Service 6

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

  1. 1rigger – Fetch Pending Posts (Google Sheets)Google Sheets triggerStarts it
  2. 2Filter Pending Posts (Code Node)CodeLogic
  3. 3Prepare Post DataSetLogic
  4. 4Publish Post to Meta (Facebook Graph API)Facebook Graph ApiService
  5. 5Check Publish SuccessIfLogic
  6. 6Notify Success in SlackSlackService
  7. 7Send Success Email (Outlook/SMTP)Microsoft OutlookService
  8. 8Notify Failure in SlackSlackService
  9. 9Send Failure EmailEmail SendService
  10. 10Update Post Status in Google SheetGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
A change in a Google Sheet
Steps
10, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Email, Google Sheets, Outlook, Slack
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on a change in a Google Sheet.

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.