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Convert N8n Tags Into Folders and Move Workflows

ByZacharia Kimotho @imperolq on n8n.io

N8n recently introduced folders and it has been a big improvement on workflow management on top of the tags.

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Web Scraping Trigger: Event Nodes: 40 Complexity: ★★★★★ Added:

This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #3445 — we link there as the canonical source.

This workflow follows the Form → Form Trigger recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.

The workflow JSON

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              "value": "=your n8n username"
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        "operation": "completion",
        "completionTitle": "Import complete",
        "completionMessage": "=Successfully imported {{ $('pass all items').all().length }} workflows to the folders {{ $('select tags to move').item.json['Dropdown Options'] }}"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "31441d1e-8675-4a6b-bf3d-5f7230a6c173",
      "name": "pass all items",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
      "position": [
        1480,
        160
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "includeOtherFields": true
      },
      "typeVersion": 3.4
    },
    {
      "id": "287704cc-7a43-4ffc-873e-b19920764b1e",
      "name": "select tags to move",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.form",
      "position": [
        580,
        580
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "defineForm": "json",
        "jsonOutput": "=[\t{\n\t\t\"fieldLabel\": \"Dropdown Options\",\n\t\t\"fieldType\": \"dropdown\",\n\t\t\"fieldOptions\": {\n\t\t\t\"values\": {{ $json.fieldOptions.values.toJsonString() }}\n\t\t},\n\t\t\"requiredField\": true,\n        \"multiselect\": true \n\t}\n\n] "
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "df8831e6-d587-4220-b602-8c06b3627d11",
      "name": "extract name from form",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
      "position": [
        1020,
        320
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "assignments": {
          "assignments": [
            {
              "id": "f3bbf61c-6f60-4b51-a2b4-05d92d4fe000",
              "name": "name",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "={{ $json['Dropdown Options'] || $json['[\\'Dropdown Options\\']'] }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 3.4
    },
    {
      "id": "6340d3b0-9059-463c-bd78-2789156f47a8",
      "name": "Split Out the tags",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut",
      "position": [
        780,
        580
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "fieldToSplitOut": "['Dropdown Options']"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "5f6dc440-7be1-432f-88c5-f05f5f3939b1",
      "name": "tags to string",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
      "position": [
        140,
        580
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {
          "ignoreConversionErrors": true
        },
        "assignments": {
          "assignments": [
            {
              "id": "ce3e2cf1-a37e-476c-934b-355a477c91d2",
              "name": "name",
              "type": "array",
              "value": "={{ $json.body.data.map(item => item.name )}} "
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 3.4
    },
    {
      "id": "8784bdaf-0100-4f91-8631-b4ad4518fa33",
      "name": "Sticky Note",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -20,
        220
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 960,
        "height": 260,
        "content": "## Step 1\nLogin to n8n, and get the tags we have for our personal owned projects"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "f27df4ec-c415-4077-8037-0bfe573aa4bf",
      "name": "Sticky Note1",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -20,
        500
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 960,
        "height": 280,
        "content": "## Step 2\nExtract the tags as a json string, and format this into a suitable format for our response form for user to select the tags they want to work with"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "8966e043-e358-4ba3-bc12-406c104b7dd1",
      "name": "Sticky Note2",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        960,
        240
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 2,
        "width": 420,
        "height": 260,
        "content": "## Step 3\nExtract the form details and loop over each tag to process"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "8b0bdded-cbeb-471a-ba74-ca7c6aaa34f2",
      "name": "Sticky Note3",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        1420,
        380
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 3,
        "width": 340,
        "height": 240,
        "content": "## Step 3\nWe search for the folders and filter based on the number of folders found"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "be088523-e64a-4251-9c5c-355342c3ba98",
      "name": "Sticky Note4",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        1780,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 940,
        "height": 220,
        "content": "## Step 4 a) \nIf more than 1 folder is found, we dedupe the tags and limit to one, then use that as the folder"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "6b08db71-dca5-4bb8-bb0c-4599c8e53bb1",
      "name": "Sticky Note5",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        1780,
        560
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 680,
        "height": 220,
        "content": "## Step 4 b) \nIf no folder is found, we create a new folder "
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "f96f9211-e076-472c-a7cd-abf58b4662ff",
      "name": "Sticky Note6",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        2740,
        260
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 5,
        "width": 420,
        "height": 480,
        "content": "## Step 5\n\nMerge the paths so we use one workflow"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "f7f253bd-0b3a-48bb-97f5-1a8cf82b9b7e",
      "name": "Sticky Note7",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        2960,
        660
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 4,
        "width": 480,
        "height": 240,
        "content": "## Step 6\nGet the workflows and move them to the respective folders"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "1d10ecf9-48e4-47d9-9d79-69ac1e375827",
      "name": "Sticky Note8",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        1440,
        80
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 380,
        "height": 220,
        "content": "## Step 7\nRespond with a success message"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
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          }
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            "type": "main",
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    "Edit Fields": {
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          {
            "node": "set name",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
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      ]
    },
    "Get folders": {
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          {
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            "type": "main",
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          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "my-projects": {
      "main": [
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            "node": "Split Out",
            "type": "main",
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    },
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            "index": 0
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            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
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        ]
      ]
    },
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          {
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            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
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}

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