n8n workflow automation playbook for document pipelines
Automate document workflows with n8n — node-based pipelines, 400+ app integrations, contract-review example, self-host vs cloud
- What
- Automate document workflows with n8n — node-based pipelines, 400+ app integrations, contract-review example, self-host vs cloud
- Cost
- Free
- Needs
- an n8n instance — self-hosted via Docker (n8nio/n8n, free) or n8n Cloud (billed at scale); your own LLM API keys for AI nodes and credentials for the apps the workflows touch — all kept in the secure vault / n8n credential manager, never pasted into workflows
- Install
- Copy the installer prompt below into your Muse — your agent does the rest.
Curated by Skill Harbor — @claude-office-skills' n8n workflow-automation skill for document pipelines: n8n fundamentals (node-based Trigger → Action → Output with data flowing between nodes), a node-type table (triggers like webhook/schedule/file watcher, document nodes like read-PDF/write-DOCX/OCR, transform nodes, output nodes like email/Slack/Google Drive), and a worked contract-review pipeline (watch a folder for new contracts → extract text → AI review with a Claude prompt → save the report → notify the team on Slack). Includes a self-hosted vs cloud comparison (self-hosted: free, full control, data privacy, maintenance required; cloud: no setup, auto-updates, costs at scale) with a Docker quick start (`n8nio/n8n`), plus best practices (start from the 7 800+ community templates then customize, error-handling nodes for reliability, store credentials in n8n's credential manager, test with sample data before production). Honest caveats: AI nodes need your own LLM API keys (kept in the vault, never pasted into workflows); n8n Cloud is billed at scale — self-hosting is the free path; works in English and Chinese. MIT-licensed. Skill Harbor never reviews the code, review it yourself before use. Discovered via skills.sh.
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Install
Prerequisites: an n8n instance — self-hosted via Docker (n8nio/n8n, free) or n8n Cloud (billed at scale); your own LLM API keys for AI nodes and credentials for the apps the workflows touch — all kept in the secure vault / n8n credential manager, never pasted into workflows Install "n8n workflow automation playbook for document pipelines" for me. It gives my agent @claude-office-skills' n8n guide: node-based fundamentals and node-type table, a worked contract-review pipeline (watch folder → extract text → AI review → save report → Slack notify), self-hosted vs cloud comparison with a Docker quick start, and best practices (community templates, error-handling nodes, credential manager, test with sample data). MIT-licensed. Repository: https://github.com/claude-office-skills/skills/blob/main/n8n-workflow/SKILL.md 1. Fetch the SKILL.md file (and any helper files) from the repository path into a temporary folder and summarize what it does in one or two sentences. 2. Safety check: review the SKILL.md and scripts for anything suspicious (unexpected network calls, shell commands, credential harvesting). This repo should contain zero secrets in code, credentials only via the secure vault, allowed hosts declared in the SKILL.md. Verify that holds here; STOP on any red flag and tell me. 3. Install it as a skill: copy SKILL.md and its helper files into the agent's skills directory, in a folder named "n8n-workflow". 4. Verify with no network calls: frontmatter valid, files in place. 5. Report what was installed, where, and what I still need to do myself (e.g. start my n8n instance and connect the first app credentials in the credential manager; then describe the document pipeline to automate). GitHub is optional: if I have a GitHub account or the gh CLI, you may use it; otherwise public access is fine. Never require it unless it's in the prerequisites above. Rules: don't touch anything outside the temp folder and the install target. If anything looks off, stop and ask me.
Questions
How do I install a build?
Every product page includes a copy-paste install prompt. Paste it into your Muse and it sets the build up for you — no manual configuration.
Where does my money go?
Straight to the seller. Skill Harbor never processes payments: checkout happens on the seller’s own page, usually Stripe.
What does the ✓ next to a creator’s name mean?
It means we confirmed the identity of the person behind the listing. It says nothing about the code itself — always check a build before installing it.