Oneclick AI Squad This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #7241 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Emailreadimap → Emailsend recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"id": "CIJpDmGwbF9xSHqc",
"meta": {
"templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
},
"name": "Manage AWS IAM Users via Email",
"tags": [],
"nodes": [
{
"id": "6a3a0d65-00c8-4760-aef1-778dc216a38b",
"name": "Extract Data from Email",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const emailBody = $json[\"textPlain\"] || \"\";\n\n// Helper function to match patterns\nfunction matchFirst(patterns) {\n for (const pattern of patterns) {\n const match = emailBody.match(pattern);\n if (match) return match[1];\n }\n return null;\n}\n\n// Detect user name\nconst userName = matchFirst([\n /user[:\\s*]*([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)/i,\n /username\\s+([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)/i\n]);\n\n// Detect group name\nconst groupName = matchFirst([\n /group[:\\s*]*([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)/i,\n /groupname\\s+([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)/i\n]);\n\n// Decide task type\nlet task_type = null;\nif (/create user/i.test(emailBody)) task_type = \"create_user\";\nelse if (/delete user/i.test(emailBody)) task_type = \"delete_user\";\nelse if (/add user to group/i.test(emailBody)) task_type = \"add_user_to_group\";\nelse if (/get user$/i.test(emailBody)) task_type = \"get_user\";\nelse if (/get many users/i.test(emailBody)) task_type = \"get_many_users\";\nelse if (/remove user from group/i.test(emailBody)) task_type = \"remove_user_from_group\";\nelse if (/update user/i.test(emailBody)) task_type = \"update_user\";\n\nreturn [\n {\n json: {\n userName,\n groupName,\n task_type\n }\n }\n];\n"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "aa61fe8f-53f3-4f5f-bdcf-a7c439586215",
"name": "Make massage For Email",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
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920
],
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const taskType = $json.task_type || \"\";\nconst userName = $json.userName || \"\";\nconst groupName = $json.groupName || \"\";\nconst status = $json.status || \"\"; // \"success\" or \"fail\"\nconst errorMsg = $json.error || \"\";\n\n// Create readable task name\nconst taskMap = {\n create_user: \"Create User\",\n delete_user: \"Delete User\",\n add_user_to_group: \"Add User to Group\",\n get_user: \"Get User\",\n get_many_users: \"Get Many Users\",\n remove_user_from_group: \"Remove User from Group\",\n update_user: \"Update User\"\n};\n\nlet message = \"\";\n\nif (status === \"success\") {\n message = `\u2705 ${taskMap[taskType] || \"Task\"} completed successfully.\\n`;\n if (userName) message += `User: ${userName}\\n`;\n if (groupName) message += `Group: ${groupName}\\n`;\n} else {\n message = `\u274c ${taskMap[taskType] || \"Task\"} failed.\\n`;\n if (userName) message += `User: ${userName}\\n`;\n if (groupName) message += `Group: ${groupName}\\n`;\n if (errorMsg) message += `Error: ${errorMsg}\\n`;\n}\n\nreturn {\n json: {\n subject: `${status === \"success\" ? \"Success\" : \"Failure\"} - ${taskMap[taskType] || \"IAM Task\"}`,\n body: message\n }\n};\n"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "798b73f3-92d4-43ad-9f3b-1221f885c7b1",
"name": "Send Email Response",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.emailSend",
"position": [
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920
],
"parameters": {
"text": "={{$json[\"message\"]}}",
"options": {
"replyTo": "={{ $('GET Email Request').item.json.from }}"
},
"subject": "={{$json[\"subject\"]}}",
"toEmail": "={{ $('GET Email Request').item.json.from }}",
"fromEmail": "user@example.com",
"emailFormat": "text"
},
"credentials": {
"smtp": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.1
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{
"id": "f38dc5ba-90e8-41c3-bc73-c2efcbf9ceaf",
"name": "Create user",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.awsIam",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"userName": "={{ $json.username }}",
"operation": "create",
"requestOptions": {},
"additionalFields": {}
},
"credentials": {
"aws": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "f8f3a743-d919-49ad-ba78-9873dd034e8f",
"name": "Delete user",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.awsIam",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"user": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "userName",
"value": "={{ $json.username }}"
},
"operation": "delete",
"requestOptions": {}
},
"credentials": {
"aws": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "be25ba9c-2362-43d4-a670-d98a39515130",
"name": "Add user to group",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.awsIam",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"user": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "userName",
"value": "={{ $json.username }}"
},
"group": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "groupName",
"value": "={{ $json.groupname }}"
},
"operation": "addToGroup",
"requestOptions": {}
},
"credentials": {
"aws": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "2dc04cc3-224f-433b-bada-f04584f57321",
"name": "Get user",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.awsIam",
"position": [
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920
],
"parameters": {
"user": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "userName",
"value": "={{ $json.username }}"
},
"operation": "get",
"requestOptions": {}
},
"credentials": {
"aws": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "198b262e-fe75-454b-9609-b84a824a0880",
"name": "Get many users",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.awsIam",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"requestOptions": {},
"additionalFields": {}
},
"credentials": {
"aws": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "3bd5fda6-0669-4dd0-a15b-5fb10ee23bd2",
"name": "Remove user from group",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.awsIam",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"user": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "userName",
"value": "={{ $json.username }}"
},
"group": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "groupName",
"value": "={{ $json.groupname }}"
},
"operation": "removeFromGroup",
"requestOptions": {}
},
"credentials": {
"aws": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
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"name": "Update user",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.awsIam",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"user": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "userName",
"value": "={{ $json.username }}"
},
"userName": "={{ $json.newusername }}",
"operation": "update",
"requestOptions": {},
"additionalFields": {}
},
"credentials": {
"aws": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "d0635da5-3ac9-494c-944a-e3352dcaa685",
"name": "GET Email Request",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.emailReadImap",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {
"customEmailConfig": "[\"UNSEEN\", [\"SUBJECT\", \"iam\"]]"
}
},
"credentials": {
"imap": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
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"name": "Check Type Of Task",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.switch",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"rules": {
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"conditions": {
"options": {
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"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
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"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
},
"leftValue": "{{ json.task_type}}",
"rightValue": "create_user"
}
]
}
},
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},
"leftValue": "={{ json.task_type}}",
"rightValue": "delete_user"
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"rightValue": "add_user"
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"rightValue": "remove_user"
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"leftValue": "={{ json.task_type}}",
"rightValue": "update_user"
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"name": "Sticky Note",
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"parameters": {
"color": 5,
"width": 680,
"height": 340,
"content": "## How It Works\n- **GET Email Request** - Captures incoming email requests.\n- **Extract Data from Email** - Parses email content to extract user management commands.\n- **Check Type of Task** - Validates the type of task (e.g., create, delete, update).\n- **Get User** - Retrieves user details from AWS IAM.\n- **Get Many Users** - Fetches multiple user details if required.\n- **Create User** - Creates a new IAM user.\n- **Delete User** - Deletes an existing IAM user.\n- **Add to Group** - Assigns a user to a group.\n- **Remove from Group** - Removes a user from a group.\n- **Update User** - Updates user details.\n- **Make Message for Email** - Prepares a confirmation email.\n- **Send Email Response** - Sends the confirmation email."
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}
}
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About this workflow
This automated n8n workflow manages AWS IAM users (create, delete, update, assign to groups) directly from email commands with automatic confirmation responses. The workflow processes email requests via a GET Email Request node. Data extraction from emails is handled to identify…
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