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This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #3354 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the GitHub → HTTP Request recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"id": "oDMm9XRg5bfp9TTu",
"meta": {
"templateId": "2151",
"templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
},
"name": "_infra: Automatically document n8n workflows directly in Notion database",
"tags": [
{
"id": "R5f4JtfSlaX6a5AQ",
"name": "internal-infra",
"createdAt": "2025-02-13T14:32:55.887Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-02-13T14:32:55.887Z"
}
],
"nodes": [
{
"id": "d702f13e-8e93-4142-87c7-49fbb6031e19",
"name": "Set fields",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
800,
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "1744510d-7ed7-46d8-acd3-f975ab73f298",
"name": "active",
"type": "boolean",
"value": "={{ $json.active }}"
},
{
"id": "7e76f5dc-0c32-4b26-a289-975155b80112",
"name": "url",
"type": "string",
"value": "=https://<n8n_host_name>/workflow/{{ $json.id }}"
},
{
"id": "a7b069bf-8090-4dca-a432-f4fd7aa84e6f",
"name": "errorWorkflow",
"type": "boolean",
"value": "={{ !!$json.settings?.errorWorkflow }}"
},
{
"id": "0bff7a9b-0860-4552-b0f6-5fc279fc75d6",
"name": "workflow-name",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.name }}"
},
{
"id": "3065ee2f-d1bb-42b7-b341-7bb38b0f6720",
"name": "updatedAt",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.updatedAt }}"
},
{
"id": "ea9d39e4-50ca-4c79-b6ab-8b22cafd0257",
"name": "createdAt",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.createdAt }}"
},
{
"id": "265d66cd-1796-40eb-ae5b-dca8d1a91871",
"name": "envId",
"type": "string",
"value": "=internal-{{ $json.id }}"
},
{
"id": "6ffb9c13-82a7-4f40-b2e6-887c018b747c",
"name": "workflow-definition",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ JSON.stringify($json, null, 2) }}"
},
{
"id": "8b2a1098-125f-44b0-b8c0-99098e582156",
"name": "workflow-export-filename",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.name.replace(/ /g, \"_\").replace(/-/g, \"_\") + \".json\" }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.3
},
{
"id": "4527dc91-bad5-4214-b210-ea8f89504fbf",
"name": "Get notion page with workflow id",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
960,
480
],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://api.notion.com/v1/databases/<your_db_id_here>/query",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"jsonBody": "={\n \"filter\": { \"and\": [\n {\n \"property\": \"envId\",\n \"rich_text\": { \"contains\": \"{{ $json.envId }}\" }\n }]\n}\n}",
"sendBody": true,
"sendHeaders": true,
"specifyBody": "json",
"authentication": "predefinedCredentialType",
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "Notion-Version",
"value": "2022-06-28"
}
]
},
"nodeCredentialType": "notionApi"
},
"credentials": {},
"typeVersion": 4.1
},
{
"id": "ced49644-b18f-4984-8dfd-199d88e3ded7",
"name": "Map fields",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
1120,
480
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "49092f3a-7f42-4067-b8ea-1073ef1d1bb8",
"name": "input",
"type": "object",
"value": "={{ $('Set fields').item.json }}"
}
]
},
"includeOtherFields": true
},
"typeVersion": 3.3
},
{
"id": "86edfe55-9a88-49ed-82de-df0c44a65d53",
"name": "Add to Notion",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.notion",
"position": [
1960,
460
],
"parameters": {
"title": "={{ $('Map fields').item.json.input['workflow-name'] }}",
"options": {},
"resource": "databasePage",
"databaseId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "<replace_me>",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://www.notion.so/<replace_me>",
"cachedResultName": "Workflow Sync"
},
"propertiesUi": {
"propertyValues": [
{
"key": "Workflow Name|title",
"title": "={{ $('Map fields').item.json.input['workflow-name'] }}"
},
{
"key": "URL (dev)|url",
"urlValue": "={{ $('Map fields').item.json.input.url }}"
},
{
"key": "isActive (dev)|checkbox",
"checkboxValue": "={{ $('Map fields').item.json.input.active }}"
},
{
"key": "Workflow created at|date",
"date": "={{ $('Map fields').item.json.input.createdAt }}"
},
{
"key": "Workflow updated at|date",
"date": "={{ $('Map fields').item.json.input.updatedAt }}"
},
{
"key": "Error workflow setup|checkbox",
"checkboxValue": "={{ $('Map fields').item.json.input.errorWorkflow }}"
},
{
"key": "Record last update|date",
"date": "={{ $now }}"
},
{
"key": "AI Summary|rich_text",
"textContent": "={{ $json.message.content }}"
},
{
"key": "envId|rich_text",
"textContent": "={{ $('Map fields').item.json.input.envId }}"
}
]
}
},
"credentials": {},
"typeVersion": 2.1
},
{
"id": "9d547270-37dd-41ee-98b7-13001c954ffa",
"name": "Update in Notion",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.notion",
"position": [
1960,
640
],
"parameters": {
"pageId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "id",
"value": "={{ $('Map fields').item.json.results[0].id }}"
},
"options": {},
"resource": "databasePage",
"operation": "update",
"propertiesUi": {
"propertyValues": [
{
"key": "isActive (dev)|checkbox",
"checkboxValue": "={{ $('Set fields').item.json.active }}"
},
{
"key": "Workflow updated at|date",
"date": "={{ $('Set fields').item.json.updatedAt }}"
},
{
"key": "Error workflow setup|checkbox",
"checkboxValue": "={{ $('Set fields').item.json.errorWorkflow }}"
},
{
"key": "AI Summary|rich_text",
"textContent": "={{ $json.message.content }}"
}
]
}
},
"credentials": {},
"typeVersion": 2.1
},
{
"id": "f612d12c-d3cf-4186-9ed1-c75ed53132cb",
"name": "Notify internal-infra of push",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
"position": [
2160,
460
],
"parameters": {
"text": "=Pushed new workflow to Notion: {{ $('Map fields').item.json.input['workflow-name'] }}",
"select": "channel",
"channelId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "<yourchannelID>",
"cachedResultName": "<yourchannelname>"
},
"otherOptions": {
"includeLinkToWorkflow": false
}
},
"credentials": {},
"typeVersion": 2.3
},
{
"id": "aef5c65e-323b-463b-8e1e-f09cc064c44b",
"name": "Notify internal-infra of update",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
"position": [
2160,
640
],
"parameters": {
"text": "=Updated workflow in Notion: {{ $('Map fields').item.json.input['workflow-name'] }}",
"select": "channel",
"channelId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "<yourchannelID>",
"cachedResultName": "<yourchannelname>"
},
"otherOptions": {
"includeLinkToWorkflow": false
}
},
"credentials": {},
"typeVersion": 2.3
},
{
"id": "f200a66c-b902-4b90-8499-93ae7d12a552",
"name": "Notify on workflow setup error",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
"position": [
1060,
1020
],
"parameters": {
"text": "=WARNING: Error workflow has NOT been setup for: <{{ $json.input.url }}|{{ $json.input['workflow-name'] }}> (No backup will take place until err-workflow is configured)",
"select": "channel",
"channelId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "<yourchannelID>",
"cachedResultName": "<yourchannelname>"
},
"otherOptions": {
"mrkdwn": true,
"includeLinkToWorkflow": false
}
},
"credentials": {},
"typeVersion": 2.3
},
{
"id": "f10268c7-706f-4651-9bee-99b13cdc1ed1",
"name": "Summarize what the Workflow does",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi",
"position": [
1360,
480
],
"parameters": {
"modelId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gpt-4o-mini",
"cachedResultName": "GPT-4O-MINI"
},
"options": {},
"messages": {
"values": [
{
"content": "=Concisely tell me what this N8N plugin does in 1-2 lines, then describe how it does it in no more than a paragraph, but only if that detail was already covered by the first 1-2 lines - we don't want to repeat ourselves.\n<n8nplugin>\n{{ $json.input['workflow-definition'] }}\n</n8nplugin>"
}
]
}
},
"credentials": {},
"typeVersion": 1.8
},
{
"id": "21fa612f-98c5-4fe6-a048-2e2891bc6893",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
760,
380
],
"parameters": {
"color": 4,
"width": 480,
"height": 300,
"content": "## Extract key fields"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "6b6f931b-298f-4ac6-a256-be051912e667",
"name": "Sticky Note3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
1280,
380
],
"parameters": {
"color": 5,
"width": 1080,
"height": 440,
"content": "## Generate documentation in Notion\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "7caa1e4a-9705-4abd-9b91-73abe7ef41d0",
"name": "Upload changes to repo",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.github",
"onError": "continueErrorOutput",
"position": [
1380,
980
],
"parameters": {
"owner": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "name",
"value": "<yourownernamehere>"
},
"filePath": "=N8N_Workflows/{{ $('Set fields').item.json['workflow-export-filename'].replaceAll(/[\\/:*?\"<>|,\\t\\n#%&']/g, \"_\") }}",
"resource": "file",
"operation": "edit",
"repository": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "<yourreponamehere>",
"cachedResultUrl": "<yourrepoURLhere>",
"cachedResultName": "<yourreponamehere>"
},
"fileContent": "={{ $('Set fields').item.json['workflow-definition'] }}",
"commitMessage": "=updated by N8N #{{ $execution.id }}",
"authentication": "oAuth2"
},
"credentials": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "50993b0c-81fa-4042-9fb9-0d53d1266743",
"name": "Create new file in repo",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.github",
"onError": "continueErrorOutput",
"position": [
1720,
980
],
"parameters": {
"owner": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "name",
"value": "<yourownernamehere>"
},
"filePath": "=N8N_Workflows/{{ $('Set fields').item.json['workflow-export-filename'].replaceAll(/[\\/:*?\"<>|,\\t\\n#%&']/g, \"_\") }}",
"resource": "file",
"repository": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "<yourreponamehere>",
"cachedResultUrl": "<yourrepoURLhere>",
"cachedResultName": "<yourreponamehere>"
},
"fileContent": "={{ $('Set fields').item.json['workflow-definition'] }}",
"commitMessage": "created by N8N",
"authentication": "oAuth2"
},
"credentials": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "e640de5f-2cc8-4fd9-817b-147a3fd67ed3",
"name": "Notify on create file in repo fail",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
"position": [
2160,
980
],
"parameters": {
"text": "=WARNING: Failed to upload new N8N workflow <{{ $json.input.url }}|{{ $json.input['workflow-name'] }}> to repo",
"select": "channel",
"channelId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "<yourchannelID>",
"cachedResultName": "<yourchannelname>"
},
"otherOptions": {
"mrkdwn": true,
"includeLinkToWorkflow": true
}
},
"credentials": {},
"typeVersion": 2.3
},
{
"id": "623c4dd7-ebce-4b15-ab2a-b9222eab66f3",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
760,
840
],
"parameters": {
"color": 3,
"width": 480,
"height": 360,
"content": "## Check workflow setup OK "
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "bc47d8ab-3265-4148-ba2c-23e0a77156b6",
"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
1280,
840
],
"parameters": {
"color": 5,
"width": 1080,
"height": 360,
"content": "## Upload / backup workflow to GitHub repo"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "6cf569ad-38cd-4f8d-b65b-7c7fe36b1315",
"name": "Sticky Note4",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
60,
380
],
"parameters": {
"width": 660,
"height": 300,
"content": "## Check weekly for changes on active internal-infra workflows"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "b890dacf-2ac2-4802-b96a-5097119d35ee",
"name": "Is this a new workflow (to Notion) ?",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
1720,
480
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 1,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
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{
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"operator": {
"type": "array",
"operation": "empty",
"singleValue": true
},
"leftValue": "={{ $('Map fields').item.json.results }}",
"rightValue": ""
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "2c3549c1-99c1-4255-a02d-2f454e6ced5e",
"name": "Every Monday at 1am",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"position": [
120,
480
],
"parameters": {
"rule": {
"interval": [
{
"field": "weeks",
"triggerAtDay": [
1
],
"triggerAtHour": 1
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "8d1fdf8c-3a80-4972-b721-ca9477be891b",
"name": "Check if updated in last 7 days",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
560,
480
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "5f0685ee-2ffa-4cf8-8d65-32addb4bb703",
"operator": {
"type": "dateTime",
"operation": "afterOrEquals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.updatedAt }}",
"rightValue": "={{ new Date(new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate()-7)).toISOString() }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "3380272e-5631-44aa-b7da-5e23e0966978",
"name": "Get active workflows with internal-infra tag",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.n8n",
"position": [
340,
480
],
"parameters": {
"filters": {
"tags": "internal-infra",
"activeWorkflows": true
},
"requestOptions": {}
},
"credentials": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "0049cf1e-91e9-4ee0-abd7-5e0bfab18b7f",
"name": "Check that error workflow has been configured",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
820,
900
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "or",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "c53617b5-a217-4111-a229-82d93fb0bec6",
"operator": {
"type": "boolean",
"operation": "true",
"singleValue": true
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.input.errorWorkflow }}",
"rightValue": ""
},
{
"id": "3ea0c94e-e192-4e94-867f-788feda52d61",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.input['workflow-name'] }}",
"rightValue": "_infra: Get a Slack alert when a workflow went wrong"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
}
],
"active": true,
"settings": {
"callerPolicy": "workflowsFromSameOwner",
"errorWorkflow": "dnboDNiqvl2P7sCZ",
"executionOrder": "v1",
"saveManualExecutions": false,
"saveExecutionProgress": true
},
"versionId": "a5aaebfd-20cc-4042-9a76-1790f8501188",
"connections": {
"Map fields": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Check that error workflow has been configured",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
},
{
"node": "Summarize what the Workflow does",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Set fields": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get notion page with workflow id",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Add to Notion": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Notify internal-infra of push",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Update in Notion": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Notify internal-infra of update",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Every Monday at 1am": {
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[
{
"node": "Get active workflows with internal-infra tag",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Upload changes to repo": {
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[],
[
{
"node": "Create new file in repo",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Create new file in repo": {
"main": [
[],
[
{
"node": "Notify on create file in repo fail",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Notify on workflow setup error": {
"main": [
[]
]
},
"Check if updated in last 7 days": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Set fields",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get notion page with workflow id": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Map fields",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Summarize what the Workflow does": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Is this a new workflow (to Notion) ?",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Is this a new workflow (to Notion) ?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Add to Notion",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Update in Notion",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get active workflows with internal-infra tag": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Check if updated in last 7 days",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Check that error workflow has been configured": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Upload changes to repo",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Notify on workflow setup error",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
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Automatically backs up your workflows to Github and generates documentation in a Notion database. Weekly run, uses the "internal-infra" tag to look for new or recently modified workflows Uses a Notion database page to hold the workflow summary, last updated date, and a link to…
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