Automation library · Setup and learning

INST - the n8n installer: deploy workflows with GitHub

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across GitHub. 22 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large

22 stepsLarge: read it before trusting it with anything live
2Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 14Service 7

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

  1. 1When clicking ‘Execute workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAi CredentialsHttp RequestService
  3. 3Github CredentialsGithubService
  4. 4n8n CredentialsN8nService
  5. 5Credential DictionarySetLogic
  6. 6Extract Project DetailsSetLogic
  7. 7If 3 CredentialsIfLogic
  8. 8MergeMergeLogic
  9. 9Stop and ErrorStop And ErrorLogic
  10. 10Installer DataSetLogic
  11. 11Convert to FileConvert To FileService
  12. 12Decompress WorkflowsExtract From FileService
  13. 13Split WorkflowsSplit OutLogic
  14. 14Fix CredentialsCodeLogic
  15. 15Loop Over WorkflowsSplit In BatchesLogic
  16. 16DoneNo OpLogic
  17. 17Extract WorkflowSetLogic
  18. 18Install Success1No OpLogic
  19. 19Create WorkflowN8nService
  20. 20If ProjectIfLogic
  21. 21Move to ProjectHttp RequestService
  22. 22No OpNo OpLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
22, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
Size
Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
Connects to
GitHub
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

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?

Take your time. At 22 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

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 22 steps before you point it at anything that matters.