Automatically document and backup N8N workflows
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Nodes used (9)
- Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Notion
n8n-nodes-base.notion - Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - GitHub
n8n-nodes-base.github - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - n8n
n8n-nodes-base.n8n
What it does
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 the workflow - Uses OpenAI's 4o-mini to generate a summarization of what the workflow does - Stores a backup of the workflow in GitHub (recommend a private repo) - Sends notification to Slack channel for new or updated workflows Who is this for - Anyone seeking backup of their most important workflows - Anyone seeking version control for their most important workflows Credentials required - N8N: You will need an N8N credential created so the workflow can query the N8N instance to find all active workflows with the "internal-infra" tag - Notion: You will need an Notion credential created - OpenAI: You will need an OpenAI credential, unless you intend on rewiring this with your AI of choice (ollama, openrouter, etc.) - GitHub: You will need an GitHub credential - Slack: You will require an Slack credential, recommend a Bot / access token configuration Setup Notion - Create a database with the following columns. Column type is specified in type. - Workflow Name text - isActive (dev) checkbox - Error workflow setup checkbox - AI Summary text - Record last update date/time - URL (dev) text/url - Workflow created at date/time - Workflow updated at date/time Slack - Create a channel for updates to be posted into Github - Create a private repo for your workflows to be exported into N8N - Download & install the template - Configure the blocks to use your N8N, Notion, OpenAI & Slack credentials for your own - Edit the "Set Fields" block and change the URL to that of your N8N instance (cloud or self-hosted) - Edit the "Add to Notion" action and specify the Database page you wish to update - Edit the Slack actions to specify the Channel you want slack notifications posted to - Edit the GitHub actions to specify the Repository Owner & Repository Name Sample output in Notion!AutodocbackupworkflowsNotionOutput.png(fileId:1072) Workflow diagram!AutodocbackupworkflowsN8NEditorView.png(fileId:1071)