Automation library · E-commerce

Flag delayed Shopify orders with Slack and Google Sheets

Started by a clock, and works across Gmail, Google Sheets and Slack. 13 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

13 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 8Service 4

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

  1. 1Daily Schedule TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Fetch Unfulfilled Shopify OrdersHttp RequestService
  3. 3Parse Orders & Calculate AgeCodeLogic
  4. 4Filter Delayed Orders OnlyFilterLogic
  5. 5Classify Delay SeveritySetLogic
  6. 6Aggregate All Delayed OrdersAggregateLogic
  7. 7Any Delayed Orders FoundIfLogic
  8. 8Build Slack Digest MessageCodeLogic
  9. 9Post Delay Digest to SlackSlackService
  10. 10Split Orders for LoggingSplit OutLogic
  11. 11Log Each Order to SheetGoogle SheetsService
  12. 12Re-Aggregate for EmailAggregateLogic
  13. 13Email Ops Manager SummaryGmailService

How it's built

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

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail, 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. 13 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 13 steps before you point it at anything that matters.