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Ingredient price trend analysis & buying recommendations

Started by a clock, and works across Email and Postgres. 11 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

11 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 2Service 8

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

  1. 1Daily Price CheckCronStarts it
  2. 2Fetch API PricesHttp RequestService
  3. 3Setup DatabasePostgresService
  4. 4Store Price DataPostgresService
  5. 5Calculate TrendsPostgresService
  6. 6Generate RecommendationsCodeLogic
  7. 7Store RecommendationsPostgresService
  8. 8Get Dashboard DataPostgresService
  9. 9Generate Dashboard HTMLCodeLogic
  10. 10Send Email ReportEmail SendService
  11. 11Send Slack AlertHttp RequestService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
11
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Email, Postgres
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email and Postgres 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. 11 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 11 steps before you point it at anything that matters.