Automated Workflow Update Notifications to Mattermost
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This n8n workflow automatically sends a notification to a specified Mattermost channel whenever the workflow itself is updated. It helps teams stay informed about changes to critical automations, ensuring transparency and accountability.
About This Workflow
Keep your team in the loop with every change to your n8n automations. This robust workflow provides real-time alerts to a Mattermost channel whenever a workflow is updated. Crucial for development and operations teams, it ensures that all stakeholders are immediately aware of deployments, modifications, or fixes. Beyond internal monitoring, the workflow also includes an optional webhook trigger, allowing for flexible integration with external systems to initiate actions or data processing, although in this specific configuration, the webhook path is separate from the Mattermost notification. Set it up once and gain peace of mind knowing your team is always informed.
Key Features
- Automated Workflow Update Alerts: Instantly notify your team in Mattermost whenever the workflow is updated.
- Customizable Mattermost Messages: Tailor the notification message to include relevant details, such as the workflow's name.
- Real-time Team Communication: Keep all stakeholders informed about changes to critical automations.
- Optional Webhook Integration: Includes a webhook listener for extending functionality, allowing external systems to trigger parts of your workflow.
- Data Manipulation (with Set Node): Ability to define or transform data, useful for pre-processing webhook payloads.
How To Use
- Set Up Workflow Monitoring: Configure the
Workflow Triggernode. Ensureeventsis set toupdateto trigger the workflow when it changes. You can specify a particular workflow ID if you wish to monitor a different workflow. - Configure Mattermost Notifications: Make sure you have Mattermost credentials set up in n8n. Then, configure the
Mattermostnode by selecting your credentials, specifying thechannelId(e.g.,toyi3uoycf8rirtm7d5jm15sso), and customizing themessagefor your notification. The example usesThe workflow {{$workflow.name}}, was updated. - Optional: Enable External Webhook Triggers: If you need to trigger actions via an external HTTP request, enable the
Webhooknode. This will provide a unique URL to listen for incoming data. - Optional: Prepare Webhook Data (Set Node): The
Webhooknode in this snippet is connected to aSetnode that creates a staticMessagevalue ("Hello!"). You can modify thisSetnode to process or transform data received from the webhook, or replace it with other nodes for more complex logic. (Note that in this specific snippet, theSetnode is not connected to theMattermostnotification path.)
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Workflow JSON
{
"id": "60705760-4436-4cee-897b-be98347b63ed",
"name": "Automated Workflow Update Notifications to Mattermost",
"nodes": 27,
"category": "Operations",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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