Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Food menu update notifier with Google Sheets

Started by a clock, and works across Email and Google Sheets. 17 steps, 3 branches, 2 loops or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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17 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
3Branches: places the flow splits
2Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 8Service 8

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

  1. 1Daily Menu Update SchedulerSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Fetch Special Menu DataGoogle SheetsService
  3. 3Detect Menu ChangesCodeLogic
  4. 4Generate Menu Alert MessageCodeLogic
  5. 5Fetch Customer Contact ListGoogle SheetsService
  6. 6Wait For All dataWaitLogic
  7. 7Merge Menu with Customer DataSetLogic
  8. 8Split by Notification PreferenceSplit In BatchesLogic
  9. 9Filter WhatsApp UsersIfLogic
  10. 10Filter SMS UsersIfLogic
  11. 11Filter Email UsersIfLogic
  12. 12Send WhatsApp NotificationHttp RequestService
  13. 13Send Twilio SMS AlertHttp RequestService
  14. 14Send Menu EmailEmail SendService
  15. 15Log WhatsApp StatusGoogle SheetsService
  16. 16 Log SMS StatusGoogle SheetsService
  17. 17Log Email Status1Google SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
17, with 3 branches, 2 loops or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Email, Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email 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. 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.