File Storage & Document Management

Flow (by Microsoft, part of Power Automate) is a cloud-based workflow automation tool, and the n8n Flow node lets you connect it to your broader automation infrastructure. If your organisation uses Microsoft’s ecosystem but also relies on tools outside that environment, this node bridges the gap — letting you pass data between Power Automate flows and n8n workflows without manual handoffs or custom API development. Many businesses end up with automation spread across multiple platforms. Marketing might use one tool, operations another, and IT might have Power Automate handling internal Microsoft 365 processes. The Flow node in n8n lets you unify these by triggering Power Automate flows from n8n or pulling data from them into your n8n workflows. This is particularly useful for organisations with significant Microsoft 365 investments who also need to automate processes involving non-Microsoft tools like Slack, Airtable, or custom databases. Our business automation team at Osher frequently works with companies that have a mix of Microsoft and non-Microsoft tools. Rather than forcing everything into one platform, we help design architectures where n8n and Power Automate each handle what they’re best at, with clean handoffs between them. The Flow node makes these cross-platform workflows practical and maintainable, so your team isn’t stuck choosing between ecosystems.

Sticky Note is one of n8n’s most underrated workflow nodes — a simple but powerful way to annotate, document, and organise your automation canvas. If you’ve ever returned to a workflow after a few weeks and had no idea what a particular branch was doing, Sticky Note solves that problem. It lets you pin context directly onto the canvas so your team (and your future self) can understand the logic at a glance. For businesses running dozens of automated workflows across departments, documentation becomes critical. Sticky Note acts as inline commentary, allowing you to label sections, explain decision logic, flag areas that need review, or note dependencies on external systems. This is particularly valuable when multiple team members collaborate on the same n8n instance, as it reduces onboarding time and prevents accidental changes to sensitive workflow branches. At Osher, we use Sticky Note extensively in client projects to keep business automation workflows maintainable over time. Whether you’re building a simple file-processing pipeline or a complex multi-step integration, adding Sticky Notes at key decision points makes your workflows production-ready rather than just functional. It’s a small habit that pays off significantly when you need to troubleshoot or hand off a workflow to someone else.

Google Slides is a cloud-based presentation tool that most teams already use for pitch decks, client reports, internal briefings, and training materials. While creating slides manually is straightforward, the real value comes from automating repetitive presentation tasks that consume hours of your team’s time every week. Organisations waste significant time on presentation work that should be automated: populating monthly report decks with updated figures, generating client-specific proposals from templates, and creating onboarding presentations that pull employee details from HR systems. Every one of these tasks involves copying data from one place and pasting it into slides, which is exactly the kind of work machines should handle. Our business automation team at Osher builds workflows that generate and update Google Slides presentations programmatically. A common use case is automated reporting: your business data is pulled from dashboards, CRMs, or databases, formatted into charts and tables, and assembled into a branded slide deck that is ready for presentation without anyone manually updating a single number. We also build proposal generation systems where sales teams input a few client-specific details and receive a complete, branded presentation tailored to that prospect, pulling in relevant case studies, pricing, and solution descriptions automatically.

Google Chat is a team messaging platform built into Google Workspace. It provides direct messaging, group conversations, and Spaces (persistent chat rooms organised by topic or project). For organisations already using Gmail and Google Workspace, Google Chat offers a communication layer that integrates natively with Google Drive, Meet, Calendar, and other Workspace tools. The real power of Google Chat for business operations comes from its bot and webhook capabilities. Teams can receive automated notifications about system events, approve requests directly from chat messages, query databases through chat commands, and trigger workflows without leaving the conversation. This turns Google Chat from a simple messaging app into an operational control centre. At Osher, we build Google Chat integrations that bring your business data and workflows directly into your team’s conversations. We create custom bots that post alerts from your monitoring systems, interactive cards that let managers approve purchase orders or leave requests, and webhook connections that notify channels when CRM deals close or support tickets escalate. Our robotic process automation team designs these chat-based workflows to reduce context switching and keep your team focused on the conversation rather than jumping between tabs and tools.

Pushbullet is a notification and messaging service that bridges your phone, tablet, browser, and desktop. The n8n Pushbullet node lets you send push notifications, share links, upload files, and mirror phone notifications to other devices — all triggered automatically by events in your business workflows. Small teams and solo operators use Pushbullet through n8n to get instant personal alerts about things that matter. When a high-value lead fills out a contact form, when a server goes down, when a payment fails, or when an inventory level drops below threshold — a Pushbullet notification pops up on your phone within seconds. Unlike email alerts that get buried in an inbox, push notifications are immediate and hard to miss. Osher builds automated data processing workflows that include Pushbullet as a lightweight alerting layer. For clients who need to know about critical events right away but do not want to set up a full monitoring stack, Pushbullet is a practical solution. We wire it into workflows as a notification endpoint alongside other channels — so the system logs to a database, sends an email summary, and pushes an urgent alert to your phone, all from the same trigger. The node supports push types including notes (text messages), links (with URLs), and files. You can send to all your devices, a specific device, or another Pushbullet user by email. It is simple to set up and works well for personal and small-team alerting where enterprise notification platforms would be overkill.

Dropbox is a cloud file storage and sharing platform used by individuals and businesses to store documents, images, videos, and other files with synchronisation across devices. The Dropbox node lets automation workflows upload, download, move, copy, and delete files in Dropbox, as well as create folders, list directory contents, and share files with external collaborators. Automation use cases include backing up generated reports to Dropbox, processing uploaded files through AI or data extraction pipelines, syncing files between Dropbox and other storage platforms, and organising incoming documents into structured folder hierarchies. Businesses that receive files from clients or partners via Dropbox often automate the intake process to classify, rename, and route files to the right teams without manual sorting. Osher integrates Dropbox into automated data processing workflows where files are the starting point for business processes. We build systems that detect new files in Dropbox folders, extract data from PDFs and spreadsheets, push structured information into your databases or CRM, and archive processed files automatically. Instead of someone downloading, opening, and manually entering data from files, the entire process runs hands-free from the moment a file lands in Dropbox.

The Read PDF node in n8n extracts text content from PDF files within a workflow. It takes a PDF file (received as binary data from another node) and outputs the extracted text, which can then be parsed, searched, transformed, or sent to other systems. This is the starting point for any n8n automation that needs to read information from PDF documents — invoices, purchase orders, contracts, reports, forms, or certificates. The node handles standard text-based PDFs well. For scanned PDFs (image-based documents without selectable text), the Read PDF node alone is not sufficient — these require OCR (optical character recognition) processing, which we handle by routing the file to an OCR service or AI model as a subsequent step in the workflow. The combination of Read PDF for text-based documents and AI/OCR for scanned documents covers the full range of PDFs businesses receive. At Osher, we use the Read PDF node in document processing pipelines that automate manual data entry. A common build: invoices arrive by email, n8n extracts the attachment, the Read PDF node pulls the text, an AI model identifies the key fields (invoice number, date, line items, total), and the data is pushed into the client’s accounting system (Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks) without anyone typing a single number. If your team spends hours manually reading PDFs and keying data into your systems, our automated data processing services can build a pipeline that handles it end-to-end.

Rocket.Chat is a self-hosted team communication platform that gives organisations full control over their messaging data. It supports channels, direct messages, file sharing, and video calls, similar to Slack but running on your own infrastructure. The Rocket.Chat node allows automation workflows to send messages, create channels, manage users, and respond to events within your Rocket.Chat instance. Businesses that need to keep communications on-premise for compliance or security reasons often choose Rocket.Chat. Automation use cases include posting automated alerts from monitoring systems, creating dedicated channels for new projects or clients, sending workflow notifications to specific teams, and archiving conversation data for audit purposes. Government agencies, healthcare providers, and financial institutions are common users. Osher helps organisations connect Rocket.Chat to their wider business automation systems. We build workflows that route notifications from CRMs, project management tools, and monitoring platforms directly into the right Rocket.Chat channels. Instead of your team checking multiple dashboards and inboxes, critical information arrives where they are already working. We also set up automated responses and escalation workflows that reduce response times for support and operations teams.

The Google Docs node in n8n lets you create, read, and update Google Docs documents programmatically from your automation workflows. If your business generates documents from templates — proposals, contracts, reports, onboarding packs, or invoices — this node lets you automate that entire process instead of having someone manually fill in details and export PDFs. The typical problem this solves is repetitive document creation. Your team has a template in Google Docs, and every time a new client signs up or a deal closes, someone copies the template, manually replaces the client name, dates, pricing, and other details, then shares the finished document. The Google Docs node eliminates that manual work by creating documents from templates and populating them with data from your CRM, form submissions, or database records automatically. At Osher Digital, we use the Google Docs node in business automation workflows that handle document generation. Common builds include generating personalised proposals from CRM deal data, creating onboarding documents when a new client is added, and producing weekly or monthly reports from database queries. If your team creates the same types of documents repeatedly with different details each time, this is the node that automates it.

Nextcloud is a self-hosted file storage and collaboration platform that gives organisations full control over their data. It works like Google Drive or Dropbox — file sync, sharing, collaborative editing, calendars, contacts — but runs on your own server (or a server you control). The key difference is data sovereignty: your files never leave your infrastructure, which matters for businesses with strict compliance requirements, data residency obligations, or a preference against storing sensitive files on third-party cloud services. The problem Nextcloud solves is the tension between collaboration and control. Teams need shared file access, but many industries (healthcare, legal, finance, government) cannot store client data on US-hosted cloud platforms. Nextcloud provides the collaboration features people expect from modern cloud storage while keeping all data on infrastructure you own or manage within your jurisdiction. For automation, Nextcloud has a WebDAV API and a REST API (via its OCS and CRUD endpoints) that let you create, read, update, and delete files and folders programmatically. The n8n Nextcloud node supports these operations, making it possible to build workflows that automatically upload generated reports, synchronise files between Nextcloud and other systems, or process files when they arrive in specific folders. Osher integrates Nextcloud into system integration projects where clients need self-hosted file storage connected to their other business tools. We also use it in data processing workflows where files need to be stored and retrieved from infrastructure the client controls.

The Notion node in n8n connects your workflows to the Notion API, letting you create, read, update, and search pages and database entries in your Notion workspace. It authenticates using Notion’s internal integration tokens and supports operations across databases, pages, blocks, and users, making it possible to automate content management, project tracking, and knowledge base maintenance entirely from n8n. Notion is widely used as a project management tool, wiki, CRM, content calendar, and task tracker. The problem is that keeping Notion data in sync with your other business systems usually involves manual copy-paste or constant context switching. The Notion node in n8n eliminates that by connecting Notion to your databases, APIs, communication tools, and other applications automatically. At Osher, we build Notion integrations for clients who use it as a central workspace. Common automations include: creating new Notion database entries when leads come in from web forms, updating project status pages automatically from data in other project tools, syncing CRM data between Notion databases and external systems, building content publishing pipelines where drafts in Notion trigger review and publishing workflows, and feeding task completions from Notion into reporting dashboards. These automation workflows keep Notion accurate without anyone needing to update it manually. The node supports creating and querying database items with filters and sorts, appending blocks to pages, retrieving page content, and searching across your workspace. Our integration team can connect Notion with any system in your stack.

The Google Drive node in n8n connects to the Google Drive API via OAuth2 and lets your workflows create, read, update, delete, move, copy, and share files and folders programmatically. It supports operations on Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and any file type stored in Drive. You can search for files using Drive’s query syntax, manage sharing permissions, and download or upload file content as binary data for processing by other nodes. Most businesses already store documents in Google Drive, but the files sit there passively. Staff manually upload reports, share folders by hand, and download attachments to reprocess them elsewhere. The Google Drive node turns Drive into an active part of your workflow: incoming documents get automatically filed, generated reports get saved to the right folder with the right permissions, and files that arrive in one system get mirrored to Drive for team access. At Osher, we connect Google Drive into client workflows as part of our automated data processing work. A common pattern is receiving documents via email or webhook, processing them through an AI extraction step, and saving both the original and extracted data to organised Drive folders. We also built document pipelines similar to our medical document classification project, where files are automatically categorised and routed. Our n8n consultants can connect Drive to any part of your operational workflow.