Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Catch soft 404 and error pages from sitemaps

Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets and Slack. 14 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 7Service 6

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

  1. 1When Every Day at 5AMSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Fetch SitemapHttp RequestService
  3. 3Extract Sitemap URLsCodeLogic
  4. 4Notify Sitemap Failure on SlackSlackService
  5. 5Loop Over Sitemap URLsSplit In BatchesLogic
  6. 6Log Findings to Google SheetsGoogle SheetsService
  7. 7Build Error Page ReportCodeLogic
  8. 8Analyze Page for Error ContentSnapshot SiteService
  9. 9Check for Error PagesIfLogic
  10. 10Check for API ErrorIfLogic
  11. 11Record Unreachable URLSetLogic
  12. 12Notify Error Pages on SlackSlackService
  13. 13Notify All Clear on SlackSlackService
  14. 14Detect Error PageCodeLogic

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
14, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Sheets, Slack
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets and Slack 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. 14 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 14 steps before you point it at anything that matters.