# Triage and escalate ethics disclosures with OpenAI and Slack: n8n workflow

> Started by another system calling it, and works across Slack and n8n data table. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/triage-and-escalate-ethics-disclosures-with-openai-and-slack (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Triage and escalate ethics disclosures with OpenAI and Slack

Started by another system calling it, and works across Slack and n8n data table. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 24 steps, 1 branch: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI Retrieval

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**24 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Model 12 Logic 4 Service 6

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

- 1 **Ethics Disclosure Webhook** Webhook *Starts it*
- 2 **Governance Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Governance Memory** Memory Buffer Window *Model*
- 4 **Governance Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 5 **Ethics Monitoring Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 6 **Investigation Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 7 **Reporting Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 8 **Escalation Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 9 **Audit Trail Storage Tool** Data Table Tool *Service*
- 10 **Policy Database API Tool** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 11 **Slack Notification Tool** Slack Tool *Service*
- 12 **Governance Agent** Agent *Model*
- 13 **Ethics Monitoring Agent Tool** Agent Tool *Model*
- 14 **Investigation Agent Tool** Agent Tool *Model*
- 15 **Reporting Agent Tool** Agent Tool *Model*
- 16 **Escalation Agent Tool** Agent Tool *Model*
- 17 **Risk Level Router** Switch *Logic*
- 18 **Prepare Critical Case Data** Set *Logic*
- 19 **Prepare Standard Case Data** Set *Logic*
- 20 **Store Critical Cases** Data Table *Service*
- 21 **Store Standard Cases** Data Table *Service*
- 22 **Alert Oversight Team** Slack *Service*
- 23 **Merge All Outcomes** Merge *Logic*
- 24 **Send Response** Respond To Webhook *Starts it*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Another system calling it
- **Steps:** 24, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Slack, n8n data table
- **Model:** OpenAI
- **Retrieval:** Answers are drawn from documents you supply, not from the model alone

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Slack account, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on another system calling it.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Its answers draw on documents you give it, not on the model alone. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 24 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

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 24 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%2Ftriage-and-escalate-ethics-disclosures-with-openai-and-slack)
- **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.

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

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Also chat assistants, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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