Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Send a daily prioritized CVE digest from NVD to Slack and Gmail

Started by a clock, and works across Gmail and Slack. 14 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 6Service 7

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

  1. 1Schedule TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Fetch Technology Watchlist CSVHttp RequestService
  3. 3Read Watchlist CSVExtract From FileService
  4. 4Fetch Recent CVEs from NVDHttp RequestService
  5. 5Match CVEs to WatchlistCodeLogic
  6. 6Deduplicate AlertsCodeLogic
  7. 7Prepare EPSS LookupCodeLogic
  8. 8Fetch EPSSHttp RequestService
  9. 9Attach EPSS ScoreCodeLogic
  10. 10Fetch KEV from GitHub MirrorHttp RequestService
  11. 11Attach KEVCodeLogic
  12. 12Prioritize & Build DigestCodeLogic
  13. 13Send Email DigestGmailService
  14. 14Send Slack DigestSlackService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
14
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Slack
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail 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. 14 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 14 steps before you point it at anything that matters.