Autonomous Work This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #4302 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Airtable → Slack recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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"meta": {
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},
"name": "Airtable Full Backup",
"tags": [],
"nodes": [
{
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"name": "Airtable",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.airtable",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"base": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "yourbase",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://airtable.com/yourbase",
"cachedResultName": "Sample Base"
},
"resource": "base",
"operation": "getSchema"
},
"credentials": {
"airtableTokenApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.1
},
{
"id": "45e6e8e3-2b72-44ae-ae5a-84ade2dfb59b",
"name": "Loop Over Items",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches",
"position": [
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-40
],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 3
},
{
"id": "8c731bd7-54a7-443f-91de-1dedfcb79620",
"name": "Create Table Metadata",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "cea4432c-e31c-43bd-adea-446658a96ab5",
"name": "fileName",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.name.replace(/[^\\p{L}\\p{N}\\s_-]+/gu, '').trim().replace(/\\s+/g, '_') \n}}"
},
{
"id": "34f5e44c-1d62-47ac-875b-9bbe698ffc0d",
"name": "tableName",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.name }}"
},
{
"id": "4a06c76d-7ac3-4fe9-96e3-003e80e0bf1e",
"name": "tableID",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.id }}"
}
]
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},
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},
{
"id": "57d1b06e-5265-4beb-b53f-9be2f9f1f300",
"name": "Pull Records",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.airtable",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"base": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "yourbase",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://airtable.com/yourbase",
"cachedResultName": "LifeOS"
},
"table": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "id",
"value": "={{ $json.tableID }}"
},
"options": {},
"operation": "search"
},
"credentials": {
"airtableTokenApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
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{
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"name": "Convert to File",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.convertToFile",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {
"fileName": "={{ $('Create Table Metadata').item.json.fileName }}.csv"
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{
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"name": "AWS S3",
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"position": [
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60
],
"parameters": {
"fileName": "={{ $('Create Table Metadata').item.json.fileName }}.csv",
"operation": "upload",
"bucketName": "aired-out",
"additionalFields": {
"parentFolderKey": "={{ $('Set Week').item.json.currentWeek }}"
}
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"credentials": {
"aws": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
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"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "c766b901-e06c-457c-9407-a999b7eaecd0",
"name": "Monthly Prune",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"position": [
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500
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"parameters": {
"rule": {
"interval": [
{
"field": "months"
}
]
}
},
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{
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"name": "Set Timestamps",
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"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "ca8f6d53-152c-44ea-b0c8-eb5a7ba7fbf4",
"name": "cutoffDate",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $now.minus({ weeks: 4 }).toFormat(\"kkkk-'W'WW\") }}"
}
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},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "dacaac6b-1025-4c57-82f2-d17b387c4258",
"name": "If",
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"parameters": {
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"typeValidation": "loose"
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"combinator": "and",
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"operator": {
"type": "dateTime",
"operation": "before"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.Key.replace(/\\/$/, '') }}",
"rightValue": "={{ $('Set Timestamps').item.json.cutoffDate }}"
}
]
},
"looseTypeValidation": true
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "e279fa0d-af6c-4dc2-9ac3-89e3a08280f8",
"name": "Delete File",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.awsS3",
"position": [
560,
420
],
"parameters": {
"resource": "folder",
"folderKey": "={{ $('List Folders').item.json.Key }}",
"operation": "delete",
"bucketName": "aired-out"
},
"credentials": {
"aws": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 2
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{
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"name": "Create Folder",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.awsS3",
"position": [
140,
-40
],
"parameters": {
"resource": "folder",
"bucketName": "aired-out",
"folderName": "={{ $json.currentWeek }}",
"additionalFields": {}
},
"credentials": {
"aws": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
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"name": "List Folders",
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"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"resource": "folder",
"operation": "getAll",
"bucketName": "aired-out"
},
"credentials": {
"aws": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
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"typeVersion": 2
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{
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"name": "Set Week",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
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"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
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"name": "currentWeek",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $now.toFormat(\"kkkk-'W'WW\") }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "ca332df0-313d-44fe-81da-f4fabcad8cf6",
"name": "Weekly Backup",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"position": [
-320,
-40
],
"parameters": {
"rule": {
"interval": [
{
"field": "weeks",
"triggerAtHour": 12
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "68d97be1-f32f-4ada-85c3-7db8d3639262",
"name": "Slack",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
"position": [
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-140
],
"parameters": {
"text": "=:floppy_disk: *Airtable Backup Complete*",
"select": "channel",
"channelId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "C08GPG2HTA4",
"cachedResultName": "general"
},
"otherOptions": {}
},
"credentials": {
"slackApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.3
},
{
"id": "8f7bf5dd-1e42-4979-808a-99c6db31f89c",
"name": "No Operation, do nothing",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.noOp",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
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{
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"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"width": 2240,
"height": 520,
"content": "## Airtable Weekly Backups\nEvery week backup all tables in an Airtable base into a dedicated week sub-folder in S3. Notify when complete."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "7c33f350-3f5c-4979-a176-bbdb3b8d663c",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"width": 1140,
"height": 480,
"content": "## Airtable Monthly Prune\nDelete backups > 1 month old"
},
"typeVersion": 1
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{
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"name": "Aggregate",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.aggregate",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"aggregate": "aggregateAllItemData"
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"active": true,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
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"versionId": "6ae12e8e-f949-48f7-977e-65f5bb49be9b",
"connections": {
"If": {
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{
"node": "Delete File",
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"node": "No Operation, do nothing",
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"AWS S3": {
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{
"node": "Loop Over Items",
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]
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},
"Airtable": {
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{
"node": "Loop Over Items",
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}
]
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},
"Set Week": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Create Folder",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Aggregate": {
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[
{
"node": "Slack",
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},
"List Folders": {
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[
{
"node": "If",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
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},
"Pull Records": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Convert to File",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Create Folder": {
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[
{
"node": "Airtable",
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"index": 0
}
]
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},
"Monthly Prune": {
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[
{
"node": "Set Timestamps",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Weekly Backup": {
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[
{
"node": "Set Week",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Set Timestamps": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "List Folders",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Convert to File": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "AWS S3",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Loop Over Items": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Aggregate",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Create Table Metadata",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Create Table Metadata": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Pull Records",
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}
]
]
}
}
}
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About this workflow
This workflow exports every table in a base as its own CSV, saves the files in a time-stamped folder in Amazon S3, pings you on Slack, and optionally prunes older copies. You get an automated weekly backup that is easy to inspect or re-import as needed. You can easily swap the…
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