Automation library · Scheduling

Auto-schedule Instagram & Facebook posts from Google Sheets

Started by a clock, and works across Google Drive and Google Sheets. 18 steps, 5 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

18 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
5Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 10Service 7

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

  1. 1Schedule Every 15 MinutesSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Workflow ConfigurationSetLogic
  3. 3Read Pending Posts from SheetGoogle SheetsService
  4. 4Filter Posts Due NowCodeLogic
  5. 5Check If Image Link ProvidedIfLogic
  6. 6Download Image from Google DriveGoogle DriveService
  7. 7Route by PlatformSwitchLogic
  8. 8Post to InstagramHttp RequestService
  9. 9Post to FacebookFacebook Graph ApiService
  10. 10Post to Both Platforms - InstagramHttp RequestService
  11. 11Check Post Success - InstagramIfLogic
  12. 12Check Post Success - FacebookIfLogic
  13. 13Post to Both Platforms - FacebookFacebook Graph ApiService
  14. 14Prepare Success UpdateSetLogic
  15. 15Prepare Error UpdateSetLogic
  16. 16Check Post Success - BothIfLogic
  17. 17Merge Success and Error PathsMergeLogic
  18. 18Update Sheet with StatusGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
18, with 5 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive 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?

Plan an afternoon. 18 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 18 steps before you point it at anything that matters.