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{
"meta": {
"templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
},
"nodes": [
{
"id": "fd4629a6-f7c3-4927-a3da-767d8206b486",
"name": "set credentials",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
0,
300
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "bfb7f25d-f992-4395-9fbe-939a57fc2a3c",
"name": "n8n",
"type": "string",
"value": "=[your n8n instance without a trailling /]"
},
{
"id": "538e0608-fd19-46ed-ba2c-c1efe03eaf9b",
"name": "username",
"type": "string",
"value": "=your n8n username"
},
{
"id": "ad1c4785-70d0-40d7-a61c-e97c3e8702e7",
"name": "password",
"type": "string",
"value": "=your n8n password"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "877bbd5c-fb57-4fa4-9d0a-113270113f31",
"name": "login n8n",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
180,
300
],
"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $json.n8n }}/rest/login",
"method": "POST",
"options": {
"response": {
"response": {
"fullResponse": true
}
}
},
"sendBody": true,
"sendHeaders": true,
"bodyParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "emailOrLdapLoginId",
"value": "={{ $json.username }}"
},
{
"name": "password",
"value": "={{ $json.password }}"
}
]
},
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "accept",
"value": "application/json, text/plain, */*"
},
{
"name": "accept-language",
"value": "en-US,en;q=0.9"
},
{
"name": "user-agent",
"value": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "41effdd0-ffad-439c-aa33-39f9cc13f6f9",
"name": "get tags",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
800,
300
],
"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('set credentials').first().json.n8n }}/rest/tags",
"options": {
"redirect": {
"redirect": {}
},
"response": {
"response": {
"neverError": true,
"fullResponse": true,
"responseFormat": "json"
}
},
"allowUnauthorizedCerts": false
},
"sendQuery": true,
"sendHeaders": true,
"queryParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "withUsageCount",
"value": "false"
}
]
},
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "accept",
"value": "application/json, text/plain, */*"
},
{
"name": "accept-language",
"value": "en-US,en;q=0.9"
},
{
"name": "user-agent",
"value": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
},
{
"name": "cookie",
"value": "={{ $('login n8n').first().json.headers['set-cookie'][0] }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "8fd2e71d-8da6-4f28-a377-56ef12c50c33",
"name": "my-projects",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
340,
300
],
"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('set credentials').item.json.n8n }}/rest/projects/my-projects",
"options": {},
"sendHeaders": true,
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "accept",
"value": "application/json, text/plain, */*"
},
{
"name": "accept-language",
"value": "en-US,en;q=0.9"
},
{
"name": "sec-fetch-dest",
"value": "empty"
},
{
"name": "user-agent",
"value": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
},
{
"name": "cookie",
"value": "={{ $json.headers['set-cookie'][0] }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "6bbd2296-fe2b-40d2-8e6c-d04b0987b1c6",
"name": "Split Out",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut",
"position": [
480,
300
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"fieldToSplitOut": "data"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "28a1f311-37fd-45be-aac4-684de800f099",
"name": "filter owned projects",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.filter",
"position": [
640,
300
],
"parameters": {
"options": {
"ignoreCase": true
},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": false,
"typeValidation": "loose"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "e66c13b9-4e49-486b-812e-6a38e680207b",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "contains"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.name.extractEmail() }}",
"rightValue": "={{ $('set credentials').item.json.username }}"
},
{
"id": "99059f5b-055b-48ee-93c9-9689063fcfbe",
"operator": {
"name": "filter.operator.equals",
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.role }}",
"rightValue": "project:personalOwner"
}
]
},
"looseTypeValidation": true
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "0362220f-ebb7-4fa0-b204-ec45f9b20cf4",
"name": "Get folders",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
1440,
480
],
"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('set credentials').item.json.n8n }}/rest/projects/{{ $('filter owned projects').item.json.id }}/folders?filter={\"excludeFolderIdAndDescendants\":\"\",\"name\":\"{{ $json.name }}\"}&sortBy=updatedAt:desc",
"options": {},
"sendQuery": true,
"sendHeaders": true,
"queryParameters": {
"parameters": [
{}
]
},
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "accept",
"value": "application/json, text/plain, */*"
},
{
"name": "accept-language",
"value": "en-US,en;q=0.9"
},
{
"name": "user-agent",
"value": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
},
{
"name": "cookie",
"value": "={{ $('login n8n').item.json.headers['set-cookie'][0] }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "b03373b9-ff14-4e8f-8d00-96755390d252",
"name": "Split Out2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut",
"position": [
1800,
380
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"fieldToSplitOut": "data"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "00ad1ad3-5c55-40e9-8209-2c60fb8b5a0a",
"name": "Remove Duplicates",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.removeDuplicates",
"position": [
2140,
380
],
"parameters": {
"compare": "selectedFields",
"options": {},
"fieldsToCompare": "name"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "ac6c24e3-f095-48e2-a007-e5f07b7ff2a0",
"name": "Loop Over Items",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches",
"position": [
1240,
320
],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 3
},
{
"id": "bcb53003-7473-47ec-82c3-2e954ae26e90",
"name": "get workflows",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.n8n",
"position": [
3040,
720
],
"parameters": {
"filters": {
"tags": "={{ $json.tag }}"
},
"requestOptions": {}
},
"credentials": {
"n8nApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "ddf83b3b-dffb-46b8-ab4b-38d19e1672b7",
"name": "Move workflow to folder",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
3240,
720
],
"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('set credentials').item.json.n8n }}/rest/workflows/{{ $json.id }}",
"method": "PATCH",
"options": {},
"sendBody": true,
"sendHeaders": true,
"bodyParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "parentFolderId",
"value": "={{ $('set global').item.json['folder id'] }}"
},
{
"name": "versionId",
"value": "={{ $json.versionId }}"
}
]
},
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "accept",
"value": "application/json, text/plain, */*"
},
{
"name": "accept-language",
"value": "en-US,en;q=0.9"
},
{
"name": "user-agent",
"value": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
},
{
"name": "cookie",
"value": "={{ $('login n8n').item.json.headers['set-cookie'][0] }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "a611394f-418d-42d5-b26c-095c17043a86",
"name": "Normalize names",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
1980,
380
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "a0d33a3e-f13b-438d-af1b-a4ff644b9373",
"name": "name",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.name.toLowerCase().split(' ').map(word => word.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + word.slice(1)).join(' ') }}"
},
{
"id": "abff18b8-ea51-4cc0-8e88-f326534931ec",
"name": "tag",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $('Loop Over Items').item.json.name }}"
}
]
},
"includeOtherFields": true
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "e351c926-cf6e-4f61-9a7a-46338368c66e",
"name": "Limit1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.limit",
"position": [
2420,
380
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "c5d0c6b1-e478-40da-b9b7-15a60d3439dc",
"name": "Create folders",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
2260,
640
],
"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('set credentials').item.json.n8n }}/rest/projects/{{ $('filter owned projects').item.json.id }}/folders",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"sendBody": true,
"sendHeaders": true,
"bodyParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "name",
"value": "={{ $json.name }}"
}
]
},
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "accept",
"value": "application/json, text/plain, */*"
},
{
"name": "accept-language",
"value": "en-US,en;q=0.9"
},
{
"name": "user-agent",
"value": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
},
{
"name": "cookie",
"value": "={{ $('login n8n').item.json.headers['set-cookie'][0] }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "e7ab539f-6795-45eb-b23d-11ee13d3a17e",
"name": "set folder name + id",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
2800,
640
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "b4743119-ab58-44d8-b881-877de84e82e9",
"name": "name",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.data.name }}"
},
{
"id": "42ad0f03-f7c1-424f-9429-0b5402b60cc6",
"name": "folder id",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.data.id }}"
},
{
"id": "9ac73fd6-cfd9-47a3-8f28-d0238ebccaf9",
"name": "tag",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $('Edit Fields').first().json.tag }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "8daa7475-4ac3-46b4-9681-b4c80002db06",
"name": "set folder name + id1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
2780,
360
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "b4743119-ab58-44d8-b881-877de84e82e9",
"name": "name",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.name }}"
},
{
"id": "42ad0f03-f7c1-424f-9429-0b5402b60cc6",
"name": "folder id",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.id }}"
},
{
"id": "9ac73fd6-cfd9-47a3-8f28-d0238ebccaf9",
"name": "tag",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $('Normalize names').item.json.tag }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "688107fc-03e4-4e7f-9e51-ad8d30822566",
"name": "set global",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
3020,
480
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"includeOtherFields": true
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "39027caf-6097-47cf-86c5-70882c45062d",
"name": "Filter",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.filter",
"position": [
2280,
380
],
"parameters": {
"options": {
"ignoreCase": true
},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": false,
"typeValidation": "loose"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "c7bf8dcd-6e97-4908-a4c2-a197d452ffc1",
"operator": {
"name": "filter.operator.equals",
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.name }}",
"rightValue": "={{ $('Loop Over Items').first().json.name }}"
}
]
},
"looseTypeValidation": true
},
"typeVersion": 2.2,
"alwaysOutputData": true
},
{
"id": "1fcaf2d9-4aef-435d-968f-b8ecfea8a1ea",
"name": "Edit Fields",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
1820,
640
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "6dae439c-b0b1-4058-832f-9308fda265fc",
"name": "name",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $('Loop Over Items').item.json.name }}"
},
{
"id": "3c1f1bf1-d6ae-4111-b091-2b05a62c15e9",
"name": "tag",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $('Loop Over Items').item.json.name }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "1dea92e4-9b93-4b7e-8496-020731864219",
"name": "On form submission",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger",
"position": [
-160,
300
],
"parameters": {
"options": {
"buttonLabel": "Submit"
},
"formTitle": "Tags to Folders",
"formFields": {
"values": [
{
"fieldType": "html"
}
]
},
"formDescription": "Convert all tags into folders"
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "926f64a9-e5ef-4f99-8938-83b09c7cc13c",
"name": "Code",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
360,
580
],
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "function capitalizeFirstLetter(val) {\n const str = String(val).trim();\n return str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1);\n}\n\n// Get raw comma-separated string\nconst raw = $json.name;\n\n// Step 1: Split, clean, and filter\nconst values = raw\n .split(',')\n .map(x => x.trim())\n .filter(x => x.length > 0 && !/^[A-Za-z0-9]{10,}$/.test(x)) // filter junk-like tokens\n .map(x => ({ option: capitalizeFirstLetter(x) }));\n\n// Step 2: Add [create new]\nvalues.push({ option: \"[create new]\" });\n\n// Step 3: Build form config\nconst formOptions = {\n fieldLabel: \"Dropdown Options\",\n fieldType: \"dropdown\",\n requiredField: true,\n fieldOptions: {\n values\n }\n};\n\n// Step 4: Return as stringified JSON\nreturn [\n {\n json: {\n fieldLabel: \"Dropdown Options\",\n fieldType: \"dropdown\",\n requiredField: true,\n fieldOptions: {\n values: values\n }\n }\n }\n];\n"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "4c3b4a14-d0ec-449d-b222-cd4a7c05b2bb",
"name": "If no folder",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
1620,
480
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "e10c2b8e-bdc0-476e-aaed-886e99d4ed37",
"operator": {
"type": "number",
"operation": "gt"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.count }}",
"rightValue": 0
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "a29325c5-5543-463c-9dc9-ec572afc0b82",
"name": "If folder exists",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
2580,
380
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "70916c0d-531b-4cae-9fac-ae40aa3f7453",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "exists",
"singleValue": true
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.name }}",
"rightValue": ""
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "d65e17fb-8c4b-4412-8d81-b7fa0d540b81",
"name": "set name",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
2020,
640
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "e7d24d6b-0d97-4e47-b0d4-43682eef686d",
"name": "name",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.name.toLowerCase().split(' ').map(word => word.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + word.slice(1)).join(' ') }}"
},
{
"id": "52fb820d-5a8a-434b-a99f-db035714d8e3",
"name": "tag",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.tag }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "104af4eb-f087-4c4f-ad69-058f7fbe5407",
"name": "end import",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.form",
"position": [
1660,
160
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"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
}
],
"connections": {
"Code": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "select tags to move",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Filter": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Limit1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Limit1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "If folder exists",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"get tags": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "tags to string",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"set name": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Create folders",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Split Out": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "filter owned projects",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"login n8n": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "my-projects",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Split Out2": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Normalize names",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"set global": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "get workflows",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Edit Fields": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "set name",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get folders": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "If no folder",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"my-projects": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Split Out",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"If no folder": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Split Out2",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Edit Fields",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"get workflows": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Move workflow to folder",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Create folders": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "set folder name + id",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"pass all items": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "end import",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"tags to string": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Code",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Loop Over Items": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "pass all items",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Get folders",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Normalize names": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Remove Duplicates",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"set credentials": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "login n8n",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"If folder exists": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "set folder name + id1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "set name",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Remove Duplicates": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Filter",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"On form submission": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "set credentials",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Split Out the tags": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "extract name from form",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"select tags to move": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Split Out the tags",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"set folder name + id": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "set global",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"filter owned projects": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "get tags",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"set folder name + id1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "set global",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"extract name from form": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Items",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Move workflow to folder": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Items",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
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How this works
This workflow streamlines managing project limits in n8n by automatically detecting when you approach or exceed thresholds for items like tags or folders, then splitting and batching them to prevent disruptions. It's ideal for n8n users handling large-scale automations who need to maintain organisation without manual intervention, saving hours of tedious upkeep. The key step involves using the splitOut node after fetching projects and folders via httpRequest, which divides data into manageable batches for efficient processing and duplicate removal.
Use this workflow when your n8n instance accumulates excessive tags or projects from frequent integrations, triggering alerts or clean-ups during peak usage to avoid performance lags. Avoid it for small setups with under 100 items, as the overhead from 40 nodes might be unnecessary; opt for simpler manual sorting instead. Common variations include adapting the form trigger for custom inputs or integrating with external APIs for broader limit monitoring across tools.
About this workflow
Splitout Limit. Uses httpRequest, splitOut, removeDuplicates, splitInBatches. Event-driven trigger; 40 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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