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Synthetic Content Editorial Pipeline

Synthetic Content Editorial Pipeline. Webhook trigger; 16 nodes.

Webhook trigger★★★★☆ complexity16 nodes
General Trigger: Webhook Nodes: 16 Complexity: ★★★★☆ Added:

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{
  "id": "AutomationNoteContentPipeline01",
  "name": "Synthetic Content Editorial Pipeline",
  "description": null,
  "active": false,
  "isArchived": false,
  "nodes": [
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      "id": "0f9a9e2b-4ed2-47c7-86bb-08132026c001",
      "name": "Receive Content",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.webhook",
      "typeVersion": 2.1,
      "position": [
        0,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "httpMethod": "POST",
        "path": "synthetic-content-editorial",
        "authentication": "none",
        "responseMode": "responseNode"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Discovery",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
        220,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "jsCode": "const input = $json.body ?? $json;\nreturn [{ json: { content_id: input.content_id, title: input.title, body: input.body, approved: input.approved === true, simulate_newsletter_failure: input.simulate_newsletter_failure === true, source: 'synthetic-fixture' } }];"
      },
      "id": "320d014e-21c7-4879-976b-d9e0350fd915"
    },
    {
      "name": "Normalize",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
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        300
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      },
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    },
    {
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      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
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        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "conditions": {
          "options": {
            "caseSensitive": true
          },
          "conditions": [
            {
              "leftValue": "={{ $json.valid }}",
              "rightValue": true,
              "operator": {
                "type": "boolean",
                "operation": "true",
                "singleValue": true
              }
            }
          ],
          "combinator": "and"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Deduplicate",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
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        200
      ],
      "parameters": {
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    },
    {
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        200
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "conditions": {
          "options": {
            "caseSensitive": true
          },
          "conditions": [
            {
              "leftValue": "={{ $json.duplicate }}",
              "rightValue": true,
              "operator": {
                "type": "boolean",
                "operation": "true",
                "singleValue": true
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            }
          ],
          "combinator": "and"
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      },
      "id": "b699e4d3-f8a0-4ebe-889f-5990f28e517c"
    },
    {
      "name": "Editorial Queue",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
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      ],
      "parameters": {
        "jsCode": "return [{ json: { ...$json, queue_status: 'PENDING_HUMAN_APPROVAL' } }];"
      },
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      "position": [
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          "options": {
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          "conditions": [
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              "leftValue": "={{ $json.approved }}",
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    {
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      "position": [
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        "jsCode": "const fs = require('fs');\nconst path = '/opt/automation-note/state/pipeline-state.json';\nconst state = fs.existsSync(path) ? JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path, 'utf8')) : { items: {}, calls: [] };\nconst record = state.items[$json.content_id] ?? null;\nconst draft_id = record?.draft_id ?? `draft-${$json.content_id}`;\nreturn [{ json: { ...$json, draft_id, draft_reused: Boolean(record?.draft_id), previous_channels: record?.channels ?? {}, previous_attempts: record?.attempts ?? { website: 0, newsletter: 0 } } }];"
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      "typeVersion": 2,
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        180
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "jsCode": "return [{ json: { ...$json, review_status: 'APPROVED', review_notes: 'synthetic editorial review passed' } }];"
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    },
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      "position": [
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        180
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      },
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    },
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      "name": "Per-channel status tracking",
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      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
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        180
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "jsCode": "return [{ json: { ok: true, status: $json.publish_status, content_id: $json.content_id, draft_id: $json.draft_id, queue_status: $json.queue_status, review_status: $json.review_status, channels: $json.channels, attempted_channels: $json.attempted_channels, draft_reused: $json.draft_reused, safe_retry: $json.safe_retry, audit: $json.audit } }];"
      },
      "id": "58f0422d-067d-4a2b-a14d-ed5ebd32e00b"
    },
    {
      "name": "Respond Published",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.respondToWebhook",
      "typeVersion": 1.1,
      "position": [
        2640,
        180
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "respondWith": "json",
        "responseBody": "={{ $json }}",
        "options": {
          "responseCode": 201
        }
      },
      "id": "48f240da-4b60-46e7-bfab-6782e9cfac48"
    },
    {
      "name": "Respond Duplicate",
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      "typeVersion": 1.1,
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      ],
      "parameters": {
        "respondWith": "json",
        "responseBody": "={{ { ok: true, status: 'duplicate', content_id: $json.content_id, draft_id: $json.existing_draft_id, audit: $json.audit } }}",
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        "responseBody": "={{ { ok: false, status: 'approval_required', content_id: $json.content_id, queue_status: $json.queue_status, audit: { stored_records: 0, publish_attempts: { website: 0, newsletter: 0 } } } }}",
        "options": {
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      "typeVersion": 1.1,
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      "parameters": {
        "respondWith": "json",
        "responseBody": "={{ { ok: false, status: 'rejected', invalid_fields: $json.invalid_fields, audit: { stored_records: 0, publish_attempts: { website: 0, newsletter: 0 } } } }}",
        "options": {
          "responseCode": 400
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            "node": "Discovery",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Discovery": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Normalize",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Normalize": {
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          {
            "node": "Is Input Valid",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
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      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Deduplicate",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ],
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          {
            "node": "Respond Invalid",
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            "index": 0
          }
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          {
            "node": "Is Duplicate",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
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      "main": [
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          {
            "node": "Respond Duplicate",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ],
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          {
            "node": "Editorial Queue",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "main": [
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            "node": "Human Approval gate",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
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      ]
    },
    "Human Approval gate": {
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          {
            "node": "Create Draft",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ],
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          {
            "node": "Respond Approval Required",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
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            "node": "Review",
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            "index": 0
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          {
            "node": "Publish",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
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      ]
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            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
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      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Respond Published",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
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Synthetic Content Editorial Pipeline. Webhook trigger; 16 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/rains-hori/n8n-automation-recipes/blob/main/workflows/content-editorial/workflow.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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