Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Monitor workflow health baselines with Google Sheets

Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets and Slack. 18 steps, 3 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

18 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
3Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Logic 11Service 5

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

  1. 1Receive Health Check from a WorkflowExecute Workflow triggerStarts it
  2. 2Every Morning at 08:00Schedule triggerStarts it
  3. 3Set Monitor RulesSetLogic
  4. 4Set Digest SettingsSetLogic
  5. 5Check Only the Fields You ReadCodeLogic
  6. 6Read the Whole Run LogGoogle SheetsService
  7. 7Read Run HistoryGoogle SheetsService
  8. 8Find Workflows That Went SilentCodeLogic
  9. 9Compare Against Rolling BaselineCodeLogic
  10. 10Is There Anything to Report?IfLogic
  11. 11Log This Run to SheetsGoogle SheetsService
  12. 12Send the Daily Health DigestSlackService
  13. 13Nothing to ReportNo OpLogic
  14. 14Anything Worth Alerting On?IfLogic
  15. 15Alert the Team in SlackSlackService
  16. 16Return Verdict to the CallerSetLogic
  17. 17Should the Parent Run Turn Red?IfLogic
  18. 18Fail the Parent Run on PurposeStop And ErrorLogic

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
18, with 3 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Sheets, Slack
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets and Slack 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. 18 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 18 steps before you point it at anything that matters.