Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Daily joke notifier with Cron and HTTP

Started by a clock, and works across Email and Slack. 17 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 4Service 12

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

  1. 1IntroductionCommentService
  2. 2📌 Cron Trigger NoteCommentService
  3. 3Daily TriggerCronStarts it
  4. 4📌 Set Node NoteCommentService
  5. 5📌 HTTP Request NoteCommentService
  6. 6📌 Function Node NoteCommentService
  7. 7📌 IF Node NoteCommentService
  8. 8📌 Slack Node NoteCommentService
  9. 9📌 Email Node NoteCommentService
  10. 10📌 NoOp NoteCommentService
  11. 11Set API URLSetLogic
  12. 12Fetch JokeHttp RequestService
  13. 13Compose JokeFunctionLogic
  14. 14Got Joke?IfLogic
  15. 15Post to SlackSlackService
  16. 16No JokeNo OpLogic
  17. 17Send EmailEmail SendService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
17, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Email, Slack
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email 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. 17 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 17 steps before you point it at anything that matters.