Automation library · Data collection

Track local legal-market signals with Socrata

Started by a clock, and works across Email and Google Sheets. 19 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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

The flow

Starts it 2Logic 12Service 5

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

  1. 1Every Morning at 7amSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Every Monday at 8amSchedule triggerStarts it
  3. 3If Signal Data API SetIfLogic
  4. 4Read Weekly Signal LogGoogle SheetsService
  5. 5Build Socrata Query URLCodeLogic
  6. 6Prepare Setup Needed NoticeCodeLogic
  7. 7Compute Weekly Signal SummaryCodeLogic
  8. 8Fetch Signal RecordsHttp RequestService
  9. 9Build Signal Digest EmailCodeLogic
  10. 10Build Weekly Signal Volume EmailCodeLogic
  11. 11Normalize Signal DataCodeLogic
  12. 12Send Signal Digest EmailEmail SendService
  13. 13Send Weekly Signal Volume EmailEmail SendService
  14. 14Deduplicate New SignalsCodeLogic
  15. 15Tag Signals By Practice AreaCodeLogic
  16. 16If Signal Is ValidIfLogic
  17. 17Prepare Signal Digest GroupingCodeLogic
  18. 18Append Signals to Tracking SheetGoogle SheetsService
  19. 19Skip Logging Invalid SignalNo OpLogic

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
19, with 2 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Email, Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email and Google Sheets 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. 19 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 19 steps before you point it at anything that matters.