# Monitor programme performance and governance with OpenAI: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Email and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 20 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/monitor-programme-performance-and-governance-with-openai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Alerts and monitoring](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Alerts+and+monitoring#library)

# Monitor programme performance and governance with OpenAI

Started by a clock, and works across Email and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 20 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fmonitor-programme-performance-and-governance-with-openai)

**20 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 12 Logic 3 Service 4

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

- 1 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **OpenAI Model - Monitoring** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Monitoring Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 4 **OpenAI Model - Exception Tool** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 5 **Exception Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 6 **OpenAI Model - Briefing Tool** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 7 **Briefing Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 8 **OpenAI Model - Governance** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 9 **Governance Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 10 **Workflow Configuration** Set *Logic*
- 11 **Programme Monitoring Agent** Agent *Model*
- 12 **Exception Escalation Tool** Agent Tool *Model*
- 13 **Briefing Preparation Tool** Agent Tool *Model*
- 14 **Governance Agent** Agent *Model*
- 15 **Fetch Programme Data** Http Request *Service*
- 16 **Route by Severity** Switch *Logic*
- 17 **Email - Critical Alert** Email Send *Service*
- 18 **Slack - Critical Alert** Slack *Service*
- 19 **Format Report Data** Set *Logic*
- 20 **Email - Standard Report** Email Send *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 20, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Email, Slack
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email and Slack accounts, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 20 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 20 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fmonitor-programme-performance-and-governance-with-openai)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Email](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Email#library)[Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Slack#library)

## Workflows like it

Also alerts and monitoring, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**Monitor and auto-heal failed n8n workflow executions** 20 steps · calls a model · Google Sheets, Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/monitor-and-auto-heal-failed-n8n-workflow-executions)
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- [**Track contract utilization and send risk alerts with Groq** 20 steps · calls a model · Gmail, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/track-contract-utilization-and-send-risk-alerts-with-groq)