# Redact personal data from any item with Discord: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Discord and n8n data table. 17 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/redact-personal-data-from-any-item-with-discord (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)

# Redact personal data from any item with Discord

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Discord and n8n data table. 17 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**17 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Logic 8 Service 7

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

- 1 **Set Up And Self Test (run once)** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **When Another Workflow Calls This** Execute Workflow trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Create Policy Table** Data Table *Service*
- 4 **Read The Policy** Data Table *Service*
- 5 **Create Redaction Log Table** Data Table *Service*
- 6 **Attach The Policy To The Item** Code *Logic*
- 7 **Set The Default Policy** Set *Logic*
- 8 **Redact The Item** Code *Logic*
- 9 **Build The Default Policy** Code *Logic*
- 10 **Is This The Self Test?** If *Logic*
- 11 **Load The Policy** Data Table *Service*
- 12 **Check The Self Test** Code *Logic*
- 13 **Record What Was Redacted** Data Table *Service*
- 14 **Read The Policy For The Test** Data Table *Service*
- 15 **Post The Self Test Result** Discord *Service*
- 16 **Answer The Caller** Code *Logic*
- 17 **Build The Probe Items** Code *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 17, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Discord, n8n data table
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Discord 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. 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.

## 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%2Fredact-personal-data-from-any-item-with-discord)
- **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.

[Discord](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Discord#library)[n8n data table](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=n8n+data+table#library)

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

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- [**Automated error monitoring and reporting system with OpenAI** 17 steps · calls a model · Gmail, n8n data table](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-error-monitoring-and-reporting-system-with-openai)
- [**Monitor AI infrastructure costs and route budget alerts** 17 steps · calls a model · Email, Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/monitor-ai-infrastructure-costs-and-route-budget-alerts)
- [**Monitor employee policy compliance with OpenAI and Slack** 17 steps · calls a model · n8n data table](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/monitor-employee-policy-compliance-with-openai-and-slack)