Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Create daily trivia icebreakers in Slack with OpenTDB

Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets and Slack. 12 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

12 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 6Service 5

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

  1. 1Schedule TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Set: Choose Trivia TypeSetLogic
  3. 3Switch: triviaTypeSwitchLogic
  4. 4HTTP OpenTDB EasyHttp RequestService
  5. 5HTTP OpenTDB MediumHttp RequestService
  6. 6HTTP OpenTDB HardHttp RequestService
  7. 7Set Message EasySetLogic
  8. 8Set Message MediumSetLogic
  9. 9Set Message HardSetLogic
  10. 10MergeMergeLogic
  11. 11Slack: Post TriviaSlackService
  12. 12Sheets: Append TriviaGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
12, with 1 branch
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. 12 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 12 steps before you point it at anything that matters.