Practical n8n automations for higher education, research, and professional operations.
This repository hosts a growing collection of reusable workflows designed to support sense-making, coordination, and decision-support tasks in academic and research contexts. These workflows are intended to strengthen organisational capability, not simply automate tasks.
All workflows are designed to be human-in-the-loop, adaptable to local practice, and suitable for use by individuals or teams across a range of institutional settings.
Status: This repository is under active development. Workflows are added incrementally as they are designed, tested, and documented.
Workflows are organised by area of practice:
Digital education leadership, governance, curriculum operations, quality assurance, and academic coordination.
Research operations, literature monitoring, writing, synthesis, research communication, and reporting support.
General productivity, inbox triage, scheduling, and coordination workflows applicable across professional contexts.
Shared guidance is provided in:
Setup instructions, credential handling, and design principles that apply across all workflows.
Each workflow is provided as a self-contained folder, typically including:
- a
.jsonfile for import into n8n - a
.pngoverview of the workflow structure - a
README.mdwith setup, configuration, and usage instructions - optional capability notes offering contextual guidance for responsible and scalable use
Workflows in this repository are presented as operational patterns that can be adapted to different institutional contexts, tools, and governance arrangements.
All workflows are designed to:
- support human judgement rather than automate decisions
- make workflow logic visible, inspectable, and adaptable
- minimise unnecessary data handling and system coupling
- be suitable for use in higher education and research environments, including regulated and risk-aware contexts
Design principles and cross-cutting guidance are documented in:
docs/design-principles.md
To use these workflows you will need an existing n8n instance (either n8n Cloud or a self-hosted deployment).
General setup and credential guidance is available in:
docs/setup-n8n.mddocs/credentials.md
See the LICENSE file for details.
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