n8n Workflow Examples: 30 Real Automation Templates

Example 1: Lead Enrichment and Scoring

Business goal: When a new contact is added to HubSpot, automatically enrich with company data and score for sales prioritisation.

Workflow:

1. HubSpot Trigger: "Contact Created" event fires when a new contact is added
2. HubSpot Node: Get full contact data including email domain
3. HTTP Request Node: Call Apollo.io API with the email domain to get company data (size, industry, funding, tech stack)
4. Anthropic (Claude) Node: Pass contact + company data to Claude with scoring prompt — returns JSON with score 0-100 and priority level
5. HubSpot Update Node: Write the score, priority, and enrichment data back to the contact
6. Switch Node: Route based on score — high priority goes to one branch, others to another
7. Slack Node (high priority branch): Notify the relevant sales rep with a summary
8. HubSpot Task Node (medium priority branch): Create a follow-up task in HubSpot

Result: Every new HubSpot contact arrives fully enriched and scored within 60 seconds. Sales reps see a Slack notification for hot leads; a task is created for medium leads. No manual enrichment required.

Example 2: AI Customer Support Triage

Business goal: Automatically route incoming support emails to the right team and draft responses for common issues.

Workflow:

1. Gmail/Email Trigger: New email received in support inbox
2. Anthropic (Claude) Node: Classify email intent, urgency, and category. Prompt returns: { "category": "billing|technical|general", "urgency": "high|medium|low", "simple_faq": boolean, "suggested_response": string }
3. Switch Node: Branch based on category and complexity
4. Zendesk Create Ticket Node: Create ticket with category, urgency, and AI summary
5. If Node (simple FAQ check): If simple_faq = true
6. Zendesk Reply Node (FAQ branch): Send AI-drafted response immediately
7. Slack Node (non-FAQ + urgent): Alert the appropriate team channel for urgent non-FAQ issues

Result: All support emails are categorised and routed immediately. Simple FAQs are resolved without human involvement. Urgent issues alert the team instantly. Every ticket arrives in Zendesk pre-categorised with a draft response.

Example 3: Content Repurposing Pipeline

Business goal: When a new blog post is published, automatically generate social media content for all channels.

Workflow:

1. RSS Trigger: Monitors your blog RSS feed for new posts
2. HTTP Request Node: Fetch the full article content from the URL
3. HTML Extract Node: Extract just the article text from the HTML
4. Anthropic (Claude) Node: Generate platform-specific content. Prompt: "Generate: 3 LinkedIn posts, 5 tweets, 2 Instagram captions, 1 newsletter excerpt from this article. Return as JSON with arrays for each platform."
5. JSON Parse Node: Extract the content for each platform
6. Airtable Create Record Node: Store all variations in an Airtable base for review and scheduling
7. Slack Notification Node: Notify the social media manager that new content is ready for review in Airtable

Result: Within 5 minutes of a blog post publishing, a week of social media content is ready in Airtable for review. The marketing team reviews and schedules — no writing required.

Example 4: Automated Invoice Processing

Business goal: Extract data from incoming invoices (emailed as attachments) and create records in the accounting system.

Workflow:

1. Gmail Trigger: Email received with attachment in the invoices inbox
2. Gmail Get Attachment Node: Download the PDF attachment
3. Google Drive Upload Node: Upload to a temporary folder to get a URL
4. Anthropic Vision Node: Pass the PDF-as-image to Claude with extraction prompt. Returns: { "vendor": string, "invoice_number": string, "date": "YYYY-MM-DD", "total": number, "line_items": array }
5. JSON Validation Node (Code): Check all required fields are present; flag missing fields
6. Switch Node: If validation passes → accounting system; if fails → review queue
7. QuickBooks/Xero HTTP Node: Create the bill in the accounting system
8. Airtable Node: Log the processed invoice with status
9. Slack Alert (failure branch): Alert the finance team for invoices that need manual review

Result: Invoices arriving by email are automatically extracted and entered into the accounting system. Manual data entry is eliminated; the finance team reviews only the exceptions flagged by the validation step.

Example 5: Outbound Prospecting Research

Business goal: Given a list of target companies, generate personalised research briefs for each.

Workflow:

1. Schedule Trigger: Runs every morning at 7 AM
2. Airtable List Records Node: Get companies in the "To Research" status from the prospect database
3. Loop Over Items Node: Process each company individually
4. HTTP Request Node: Search for the company's website and recent news
5. HTTP Request Node: Call Apollo.io for company firmographic data
6. Anthropic (Claude) Node: Synthesise research into a brief covering: company background, likely pain points, decision-makers, outreach angle
7. Airtable Update Node: Write the brief back to the company record; change status to "Researched"
8. Slack Notification Node: Daily summary of how many companies were researched

Result: Every morning, the sales team arrives to find a set of fully-researched company briefs ready for outreach. Research time per company: 2-3 minutes (automated). Previously: 30-45 minutes (manual).

Recommended Tools

• n8n — Workflow platform for all examples
• Claude API — AI intelligence layer in all examples
• HubSpot — CRM for lead enrichment and support workflows
• Airtable — Data layer for content pipeline and prospecting
• Apollo.io — Lead and company enrichment
• Zendesk — Support ticket management