Automation library · CRM

Readable workflow export & deployment pipeline

Started by an event in a connected app. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. 13 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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13 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
0Services by connector: it calls them over plain HTTP

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 3Service 9

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

  1. 1Start export workflowsManual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Create folders and run n8n cliExecute CommandService
  3. 3load exported workflowsRead Write FileService
  4. 4parse workflowExtract From FileService
  5. 5Remove root nodeSetLogic
  6. 6Create JSON file with readable nameConvert To FileService
  7. 7TAG? Auto deploy to devIfLogic
  8. 8TAG? Auto deploy to PRODIfLogic
  9. 9Store named workflowRead Write FileService
  10. 10Create JSON file with readable name (dev)Convert To FileService
  11. 11Create JSON file with readable name (prod)Convert To FileService
  12. 12Store named workflow (dev)Read Write FileService
  13. 13Store named workflow (prod)Read Write FileService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
13, with 2 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Nothing by connector; it calls services over plain HTTP
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n 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?

Plan an afternoon. 13 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 13 steps before you point it at anything that matters.