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Started by someone submitting a form. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. 17 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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17 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
0Services by connector: it calls them over plain HTTP

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 8Service 8

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

  1. 1GitLab Wrapped FormForm triggerStarts it
  2. 2Workflow ConfigurationSetLogic
  3. 3Validate PAT OwnerHttp RequestService
  4. 4Is PAT Owner invalid?IfLogic
  5. 5No Operation, to not leak private ProjectsNo OpLogic
  6. 6Search Existing ForkHttp RequestService
  7. 7Try to forkHttp RequestService
  8. 8MergeMergeLogic
  9. 9set ProjectIdCodeLogic
  10. 10Set token env varHttp RequestService
  11. 11Set Username env varHttp RequestService
  12. 12Set Year env varHttp RequestService
  13. 13Trigger PipelineHttp RequestService
  14. 14Wait for CI/CDWaitLogic
  15. 15Check Pipeline StatusHttp RequestService
  16. 16Pipeline Complete?IfLogic
  17. 17Wrapped available at https://YOUR_USERNAME.gitlab.io/gitlab-wrappedNo OpLogic

How it's built

Starts on
Someone submitting a form
Steps
17, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Nothing by connector; it calls services over plain HTTP
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone submitting a form.

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.