Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Process incoming files and notify with GitHub

Started by a clock, and works across Email and GitHub. 17 steps, 3 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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17 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
3Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 11Service 5

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

  1. 1Daily File CheckSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Fetch File ListHttp RequestService
  3. 3Check File CountCodeLogic
  4. 4Any New Files?IfLogic
  5. 5Prepare File ItemsCodeLogic
  6. 6Error Email ContentSetLogic
  7. 7Iterate FilesSplit In BatchesLogic
  8. 8Send Error EmailEmail SendService
  9. 9Download FileHttp RequestService
  10. 10Is CSV?IfLogic
  11. 11Parse CSVCodeLogic
  12. 12Validate DataCodeLogic
  13. 13Validation Passed?IfLogic
  14. 14Prepare GitHub CommitSetLogic
  15. 15Create/Update FileGithubService
  16. 16Success Email ContentSetLogic
  17. 17Send Success EmailEmail SendService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
17, with 3 branches, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Email, GitHub
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email and GitHub 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. 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.