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TLDR

A library of 280+ ready-made automation workflows for n8n that connect apps like Gmail, Slack, and OpenAI without coding.

Mindmap

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      Pre-built workflows
      Import and activate
      No coding needed
    Integrations
      Email and chat
      Social media
      AI and RAG
      Document processing
    Use cases
      Automate Gmail
      Build chatbots
      DevOps alerts
      Manage spreadsheets
    How to use
      Download JSON
      Import to n8n
      Add credentials
      Run workflow

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Set up automated email workflows in Gmail that trigger actions in Slack or Discord when new messages arrive.

USE CASE 2

Build a chatbot for Telegram or WhatsApp that answers questions using AI models like OpenAI or Claude.

USE CASE 3

Create a document processing pipeline that extracts data from PDFs and saves results to Google Sheets.

USE CASE 4

Set up DevOps alerts that notify your team on Discord or Slack when infrastructure issues occur.

Tech stack

n8nJSONOpenAIClaudeGmailSlackDiscord

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
Use and share freely for any purpose, including commercial, as long as you credit the original creators.

In plain English

This repository is a curated collection of over 280 pre-built automation templates for n8n, an open-source workflow automation platform. Think of n8n like a no-code tool that connects different apps and services together, you set up a visual "workflow" where one event in one app triggers an action in another. These templates are ready-made workflows you can import and start using immediately, without building from scratch. n8n itself lets you connect hundreds of services through a drag-and-drop interface. This collection gives you a library of starting points covering a broad range of use cases: automating email in Gmail, building bots for Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, and Discord, processing PDFs and documents, managing Google Drive and Google Sheets, posting to social media platforms, running AI chatbots powered by services like OpenAI or Claude, building retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines (a technique where an AI searches a knowledge base before answering), DevOps alerting, and more. To use a template, you download one of the JSON files from the repository, import it into your n8n instance through its web interface, fill in your credentials for the connected services, and activate it. No coding is required. The templates were collected from various online sources rather than created by the repository author, and the README notes they are shared for convenience with no warranties. The collection is licensed under Creative Commons BY 4.0 and is continuously updated. The full README is longer than what was provided.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
I want to automate sending Slack notifications when new emails arrive in Gmail. Which n8n template from this collection should I use and how do I set it up?
Prompt 2
Show me how to import a JSON workflow template from this awesome-n8n-templates repo into my n8n instance and configure it with my API keys.
Prompt 3
I need a chatbot that answers questions using OpenAI and sends responses to Telegram. Find a template in this collection that does this and explain the setup steps.
Prompt 4
Help me understand how to use the RAG pipeline templates in this collection to build an AI assistant that searches my knowledge base before answering.
Prompt 5
Which templates in this repo can help me automate social media posting across multiple platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn?
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