Hello automation enthusiasts!
I’ve been creating various automated workflows with n8n for both personal projects and client work. It’s amazing how much repetitive work we can get rid of. I’m really interested to know…
What’s that one annoying task you deal with regularly that you wish could be automated through n8n?
It could be literally anything:
- Sorting and organizing documents
- Automated follow-up messaging
- Recording daily expenses
- Client notifications for payment confirmations
- Gathering data from multiple platforms into one dashboard
Please share your biggest frustration! If it’s something that can be done, I might create an open-source solution or at least provide some workflow suggestions.
Bonus question: What automation are you most happy with that you’ve already set up?
Let’s work toward a world where boring repetitive tasks become obsolete!
The one task that drives me absolutely crazy is managing email subscriptions and newsletters. I subscribe to industry publications, vendor updates, and various resources throughout the month, but then my inbox becomes this overwhelming mess of information that I never actually read when it arrives. What I really need is an n8n workflow that can automatically sort these emails into categories, extract key points or summaries, and compile them into a weekly digest that gets saved to a dedicated folder or sent to a reading app like Pocket. The manual sorting and the guilt of having hundreds of unread emails sitting there is just exhausting. As for what I’m happy with - I built a simple workflow that automatically backs up my project files to three different cloud services every night. Never lost work since then and sleep much better knowing everything is safely stored.
i feel ya on that! updating stuff in multiple places is such a pain. if n8n could handle syncing project statuses for me, it wuld save me so much time. let’s make those updates work smarter, not harder!
Invoice processing is definitely my biggest pain point right now. I receive invoices from multiple vendors through different channels - some come via email attachments, others through client portals, and a few still arrive as physical mail that gets scanned. Currently I have to manually download each one, rename the files with proper naming conventions, extract key information like amounts and due dates, then input everything into our accounting system. The whole process takes hours each week and there’s always the risk of missing something important or making data entry errors. An n8n workflow that could automatically detect incoming invoices, extract the relevant data using OCR, and push everything directly into our accounting software would be incredible. For my success story, I managed to automate our customer onboarding process where new signups automatically trigger welcome emails, account setup, and integration with our CRM system. Cut down onboarding time from days to minutes.