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  • Asana Trigger

    Asana Trigger

    Asana Trigger is an n8n node that starts workflows automatically when events happen in your Asana projects — tasks created, updated, completed, or commented on. It listens for changes in real time via Asana’s webhook system, so your automations fire within seconds of a project update rather than waiting for a scheduled poll. Project managers and operations teams use the Asana Trigger to connect task management to the rest of their business. When a task is marked complete, a workflow can send a client update email, log the completion time to a reporting spreadsheet, and move related items in other systems. When a new task is created in a specific project, the trigger can assign it based on workload rules, add it to a sprint tracker, or notify the right Slack channel. Osher builds AI consulting solutions that extend Asana’s project management with intelligent automation. We have connected Asana to invoicing systems so completed project milestones automatically generate invoices. We have built approval workflows where a task status change triggers a review process across email, Slack, and management dashboards. The Asana Trigger is the starting point for all of these — it watches your projects and kicks off the downstream logic. The trigger node supports filtering by project, so you can run different workflows for different Asana projects. It captures the full task payload including custom fields, assignee, due date, tags, and comments. Combined with the regular Asana node (for reading and writing task data), you get complete two-way integration between Asana and any other system in your stack.
    Asana Trigger consultants
  • Google Tasks

    Google Tasks

    Google Tasks is a lightweight task management tool built into the Google Workspace ecosystem. It allows users to create, organise, and track to-do lists directly from Gmail, Google Calendar, and other Workspace apps. Teams use it to manage personal workflows, assign follow-ups, and keep track of recurring responsibilities without switching between platforms. For businesses already running on Google Workspace, Google Tasks becomes particularly useful when connected to other systems. Sales teams can auto-generate follow-up tasks when a new lead comes in. Operations staff can trigger task creation from form submissions or CRM updates. Support teams can build task queues that sync with their ticketing workflows. At Osher, we connect Google Tasks to your broader automation stack using n8n and custom integrations. Rather than relying on manual task entry, we build workflows that automatically create, update, and complete tasks based on real business events. Whether it’s syncing tasks with your project management platform or triggering notifications when deadlines approach, we help you turn Google Tasks into an active part of your operations. Our business automation team configures these integrations to match your existing processes, so adoption is straightforward and nothing falls through the cracks.
    Google Tasks consultants
  • Pushbullet

    Pushbullet

    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.
    Pushbullet consultants
  • LinkedIn

    LinkedIn

    LinkedIn is the dominant professional networking platform, used by businesses for recruiting, sales prospecting, brand building, and industry engagement. The n8n LinkedIn node allows you to automate posting content to LinkedIn company pages and personal profiles, making it possible to maintain a consistent publishing schedule without manually logging in to create each post. Marketing teams and business owners use this integration to keep their LinkedIn presence active. Instead of drafting and publishing posts one at a time, they create content in batches (or pull it from a CMS or content calendar) and let n8n handle the scheduling and publishing. This is particularly useful for companies running thought leadership campaigns, sharing blog posts, or promoting events across multiple LinkedIn pages. Osher helps organisations build AI agent development workflows that include LinkedIn as an output channel. We have built systems where AI-generated content summaries are reviewed by a human, approved through a Slack message, and then automatically published to LinkedIn with the right formatting and hashtags. Other setups pull new blog posts from WordPress via RSS and create LinkedIn posts with excerpts and links, keeping your social feed aligned with your content calendar. The n8n node supports creating text posts and sharing articles on both personal profiles and organisation pages. It uses LinkedIn’s OAuth 2.0 authentication and works within LinkedIn’s API rate limits and content policies. For lead generation and prospecting workflows that go beyond posting, the node can be combined with other tools for a complete pipeline.
    LinkedIn consultants
  • Line

    Line

    Line is a messaging platform used by over 200 million people, primarily across Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, and Indonesia. As an automation node, it allows workflows to send text messages, images, stickers, and rich interactive content to Line users and groups, and receive incoming messages that trigger automated response workflows and chatbot interactions. Businesses with customers or operations in Asia-Pacific markets use the Line integration to automate customer communications, send transactional notifications, and build chatbot experiences on a platform their audience already uses daily. Instead of manually messaging customers through the Line app or relying on separate chatbot platforms, Line messaging becomes part of your broader business automation stack. Osher connects Line messaging into multi-channel communication workflows using n8n. Our AI consulting team helps organisations build automated customer engagement systems that send order confirmations, appointment reminders, support responses, and targeted marketing messages through Line alongside email, SMS, and other messaging channels, giving your customers a consistent experience regardless of which platform they use to reach you.
    Line consultants
  • GitLab

    GitLab

    GitLab is a DevOps platform that combines source code management, CI/CD pipelines, issue tracking, and container registries in a single application. The n8n GitLab node lets you automate interactions with GitLab repositories and projects — creating issues, managing merge requests, triggering pipelines, and syncing project data with other business tools without writing custom scripts. Development teams use the GitLab integration in n8n to cut out repetitive manual work. When a client reports a bug through a support form, a workflow can automatically create a GitLab issue with the right labels and assignee. When a merge request is approved, another workflow can notify the project manager in Slack, update the sprint board, and log the change in a shared tracker. Osher builds business automation workflows that connect GitLab to project management, communication, and reporting tools. We have set up pipelines where code deployments in GitLab trigger client notification emails, where issue status changes sync to Airtable project trackers, and where release notes are automatically compiled from merge request descriptions and posted to internal wikis. The n8n node supports both GitLab Cloud and self-hosted GitLab instances, so teams running their own infrastructure get the same automation capabilities. It covers issues, repositories, merge requests, users, and releases through a clean REST API interface that does not require you to manage OAuth tokens manually.
    GitLab consultants
  • Git

    Git

    Git is a distributed version control system that tracks changes to code, configuration files, and documentation across development teams. As an automation node, it allows workflows to clone repositories, pull changes, commit updates, create branches, and push code to remote repositories like GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket without anyone running commands manually in a terminal. Development teams, DevOps engineers, and technical operations staff use Git automation to remove manual steps from their deployment and release pipelines. Instead of relying on developers to remember each Git command in the right sequence, or running deployment scripts by hand, the entire version control workflow executes automatically based on triggers and schedules you define. Osher integrates Git operations into end-to-end automation pipelines using n8n. Our AI agent development team builds workflows where code changes trigger automated testing, deployment scripts run on successful merges, configuration files get updated across multiple environments, and release notes compile automatically from commit histories without manual intervention or the risk of human error.
    Git consultants
  • JotForm Trigger

    JotForm Trigger

    JotForm Trigger is a webhook-based node that fires automated workflows whenever a form submission is received on any of your JotForm forms. It captures the complete submission data including text fields, file uploads, payment information, digital signatures, and conditional logic outcomes, then passes everything into your automation pipeline for immediate processing. Operations teams, HR departments, customer service managers, and agencies that collect data through online forms use JotForm Trigger to eliminate the gap between form submission and action. Instead of checking JotForm inboxes throughout the day, exporting submission data to spreadsheets, or manually forwarding responses to the right person, every submission gets processed automatically the moment it arrives. Osher connects JotForm submissions to downstream business systems using n8n automation workflows. Our sales automation team builds pipelines where lead capture forms route qualified prospects to your CRM and notify your sales team instantly, job application forms trigger screening and scheduling workflows, and customer feedback forms create support tickets and alert the relevant staff members without any manual handoff.
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  • GitLab Trigger

    GitLab Trigger

    GitLab Trigger is the event-driven integration point for GitLab, a DevOps platform that combines source code management, CI/CD pipelines, issue tracking, and container registry into a single application. The trigger fires when specific events occur in your GitLab repositories — code pushes, merge requests, pipeline completions, issue updates, tag creation, and deployment status changes. Development teams, DevOps engineers, and engineering managers use GitLab triggers to connect their software development lifecycle to operational and business workflows. Instead of relying on developers to manually update project management tools, notify stakeholders, or trigger deployment processes, GitLab events can automatically drive those actions through automation workflows. At Osher, we connect GitLab triggers to your broader business systems so development activity flows into the tools your wider team uses. When a merge request is approved, our automations can update the related Jira or Asana task, notify the QA team in Slack, and log the change for compliance tracking. When a CI/CD pipeline fails, an alert can page the on-call engineer and create an incident ticket. When a release tag is pushed, deployment notifications go to stakeholders and release notes are compiled automatically. Our AI agent development team also builds intelligent GitLab integrations that use AI to review code changes, summarise merge requests, and flag potential issues before they reach production.
    GitLab Trigger consultants
  • Microsoft Excel 365

    Microsoft Excel 365

    Microsoft Excel 365 is a cloud-based spreadsheet platform that connects to automation workflows through its REST API. As an integration node, it allows workflows to read, write, update, and delete rows in Excel workbooks stored on OneDrive or SharePoint, turning your spreadsheets into live data sources rather than static files that sit untouched between manual updates. Finance teams, operations managers, and analysts who rely on Excel for reporting, tracking, and data collection use this integration to stop manual data entry. Instead of downloading reports, updating cells by hand, and re-uploading files every week, the data moves automatically between Excel and your other business systems on whatever schedule you define. Osher builds Excel 365 integrations that connect your existing spreadsheets to CRMs, accounting platforms, project management tools, and internal databases. Our automated data processing workflows pull data from Excel for transformation, push processed results back into formatted workbooks, and keep shared spreadsheets synchronised across your entire organisation without anyone opening a file to copy and paste values manually.
    Microsoft Excel 365 consultants
  • Markdown

    Markdown

    The Markdown node converts content between Markdown and HTML formats within your automation workflows. It takes Markdown-formatted text and produces clean HTML output, or takes HTML and converts it back to Markdown. Content teams, developers, and documentation workflows rely on it to bridge the gap between systems that use different content formats. Common use cases include converting Markdown blog drafts into HTML for CMS publishing, transforming HTML email content into Markdown for storage or editing, formatting AI-generated text into structured HTML for web display, and cleaning up messy HTML into readable Markdown. Any workflow that moves text content between applications with different format requirements benefits from this conversion step. Osher uses the Markdown node in AI agent workflows where language models generate Markdown-formatted output that needs to be published as HTML on websites, sent as formatted emails, or stored in content management systems. We also use it in reverse when scraping web content that needs to be processed as clean text. It is a small but essential utility node that prevents formatting issues from breaking your content pipelines.
    Markdown consultants
  • Asana

    Asana

    Asana is a project management platform that helps teams organise work into projects, tasks, subtasks, and milestones. It provides multiple views — list, board, timeline, and calendar — along with features for assigning ownership, setting due dates, tracking progress, and managing workloads across team members. Operations teams, marketing departments, product teams, and agencies use Asana to coordinate work across people and departments. Common use cases include campaign management, sprint planning, client onboarding processes, content calendars, and cross-functional project tracking where visibility and accountability matter. At Osher, we connect Asana to the rest of your business tools so project updates flow automatically without manual status meetings or copy-paste updates. We build automations that create Asana tasks from external events — a new CRM deal creates an onboarding project, a support ticket spawns a bug fix task, a form submission generates a content brief. We also push Asana data outward, sending task completion notifications to Slack, updating client-facing dashboards when milestones are reached, or syncing project timelines with resource planning tools. Our automated data processing services ensure information moves between Asana and your other systems accurately, so your team spends time on the work itself rather than updating multiple tools about the work.
    Asana consultants
  • Microsoft Teams

    Microsoft Teams

    Microsoft Teams is the collaboration hub used by millions of organisations for chat, video meetings, file sharing, and app integrations. The Microsoft Teams node lets automation workflows send messages to channels and chats, create channels, manage team membership, and post adaptive cards with interactive elements. It turns Teams from a communication tool into an active part of your operational workflows. Common automations include posting alerts from monitoring systems, sending deal notifications to sales channels, routing support tickets to the right team, and delivering formatted reports on a schedule. Adaptive cards let you embed buttons, forms, and approval flows directly into Teams messages, so your team can take action without leaving the conversation. This is particularly useful for approval workflows where managers need to approve or reject requests quickly. Osher connects Microsoft Teams to your broader system integrations so notifications and actions flow between your business tools. We build workflows that post relevant updates to the right channels at the right time, with enough context for your team to act immediately. The goal is reducing the time people spend switching between applications and chasing information across different platforms.
    Microsoft Teams consultants
  • Matrix

    Matrix

    Matrix is an open, decentralised communication protocol that provides end-to-end encrypted messaging, voice, and video. Unlike proprietary platforms, Matrix lets organisations run their own servers while still communicating with users on other Matrix servers through federation. The Matrix node allows automation workflows to send messages, manage rooms, invite users, and interact with the Matrix network programmatically. Organisations that require sovereign communications use Matrix for its encryption, self-hosting capability, and federation model. Automation use cases include posting system alerts and monitoring notifications to Matrix rooms, creating dedicated rooms for projects or incidents, bridging messages between Matrix and other platforms, and building bot-driven workflows that respond to commands in chat. Osher builds AI agent workflows that interact through Matrix for organisations where data sovereignty and end-to-end encryption are non-negotiable. We connect your internal systems to Matrix rooms so operational notifications, alerts, and AI-generated insights arrive securely in the channels where your team operates. For defence, government, and regulated industries, Matrix provides the communication backbone that proprietary tools cannot match on security and data control.
    Matrix consultants
  • Dropbox

    Dropbox

    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.
    Dropbox consultants
  • Compare Datasets

    Compare Datasets

    Compare Datasets is a workflow node that takes two sets of data and identifies the differences between them. It compares records field by field and outputs three groups: items that exist only in the first dataset, items that exist only in the second dataset, and items that exist in both but have different values. Data teams, operations managers, and finance departments use it to catch discrepancies between systems without manually cross-referencing spreadsheets. Common use cases include reconciling CRM records against billing system data, identifying new or removed products between catalogue versions, detecting changes in employee records across HR systems, and verifying that data migrations transferred all records correctly. Any time you need to answer the question “what changed between these two sets of data?”, this node handles it programmatically. Osher uses Compare Datasets as a core component in automated data processing workflows that keep multiple systems in sync. We build reconciliation pipelines that pull data from two or more sources, compare them automatically, and take action on the differences: creating missing records, flagging discrepancies for review, or updating stale data. This replaces the manual spreadsheet comparisons that consume hours of your team’s time every week. See how we applied similar data reconciliation techniques in our BOM weather data pipeline project.
    Compare Datasets consultants

  • Read PDF

    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.
    Read PDF consultants
  • Jira Trigger

    Jira Trigger

    Jira Trigger is an automation node that fires whenever specific events occur in your Jira project management boards. It listens for new issues, status changes, comment additions, and sprint updates, then passes that data into your workflow for processing. Teams running agile development cycles use Jira Trigger to eliminate the manual checking and copy-pasting that slows down cross-tool communication. Common use cases include syncing new Jira tickets to Slack channels, updating external spreadsheets when issue statuses change, and routing bug reports to the right team based on priority or label. QA teams use it to kick off automated testing pipelines the moment a ticket moves to “Ready for QA”, while project managers rely on it to keep stakeholders informed without writing status emails. At Osher, we connect Jira Trigger into broader system integration workflows that tie your project management stack to CRMs, communication tools, and reporting dashboards. Rather than building fragile point-to-point connections, we design event-driven automations that scale as your team grows. The result is fewer missed updates, faster response times, and a project management setup that actually reflects what your team is doing in real time.
    Jira Trigger consultants
  • RocketChat

    RocketChat

    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.
    RocketChat consultants
  • Calendly Trigger

    Calendly Trigger

    Calendly Trigger is an automation node that fires whenever a scheduling event occurs in your Calendly account. It detects new bookings, cancellations, and reschedules in real time, then passes the appointment details into your workflow for processing. Sales teams, consultants, and service businesses use it to eliminate the manual follow-up steps that happen after someone books a meeting. Practical use cases include automatically adding new bookings to your CRM, sending personalised confirmation messages via email or SMS, creating preparation tasks in your project management tool, and updating availability trackers. When a meeting is cancelled, the trigger can notify your team, remove calendar blocks, and update pipeline stages without anyone lifting a finger. Osher builds sales automation workflows that start the moment a prospect books a call through Calendly. We connect your scheduling data to your CRM, email sequences, and internal tools so your team walks into every meeting prepared. No more manually copying booking details between systems or forgetting to send pre-call questionnaires. The entire booking-to-meeting pipeline runs automatically.
    Calendly Trigger consultants
  • Trello Trigger

    Trello Trigger

    The Trello Trigger node in n8n monitors your Trello boards for changes and starts a workflow whenever a specified event occurs. Supported events include card creation, card movement between lists, card updates, comment additions, checklist completions, due date changes, and member assignments. When the trigger fires, it passes the full card data (title, description, labels, members, custom fields) into the workflow for processing. This node is useful for teams that use Trello as their project management or task tracking tool but need board changes to trigger actions in other systems. For example, moving a card to a “Ready for Invoice” list can trigger an n8n workflow that creates a draft invoice in Xero. A new card in a “Bug Reports” list can create a ticket in Jira or send a formatted alert to a Slack channel. A due date change can update a Google Calendar event or send a reminder email to the assigned team member. At Osher, we use the Trello Trigger node for clients who want their Trello boards to drive real business actions rather than just track tasks visually. If your team is manually checking Trello for updates and then copying information into other tools, our business automation services can wire up those connections so moving a card in Trello automatically does the downstream work.
    Trello Trigger consultants
  • Google Contacts

    Google Contacts

    The Google Contacts node in n8n lets you create, read, update, and delete contacts in a Google account programmatically. You can search contacts, manage contact groups (labels), update phone numbers and email addresses, and sync contact data between Google Workspace and your other business systems — all without manual data entry in the Google Contacts interface. This node is most useful for businesses that use Google Workspace as their primary email and calendar platform and need contact data to stay in sync with a CRM, marketing tool, or customer database. Without automation, teams end up with contacts scattered across Google, their CRM, and various spreadsheets — with no single source of truth. The n8n Google Contacts node fixes this by keeping contact records consistent across systems automatically. At Osher, we use the Google Contacts node as part of larger contact management and CRM sync workflows. Common builds include pushing new CRM leads into Google Contacts so they appear in Gmail and Calendar, syncing updated phone numbers and email addresses bi-directionally between Google and a CRM, automatically labelling contacts based on deal stage or customer segment, and cleaning up duplicate contacts on a scheduled basis. If your team wastes time manually updating contact details across multiple platforms, our system integration services can automate the sync and give you a single, accurate contact database.
    Google Contacts consultants
  • NocoDB

    NocoDB

    NocoDB is an open-source platform that turns any SQL database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, SQLite) into a spreadsheet-like interface with a REST API. Think of it as a self-hosted alternative to Airtable. The n8n NocoDB node lets you create, read, update, and delete records in NocoDB tables directly from your automation workflows, giving you a flexible data layer that non-technical team members can view and edit through a familiar spreadsheet interface while your automations work with the same data through the API. The problem NocoDB solves is the gap between developers who want proper databases and business users who want spreadsheets. Instead of building a custom admin panel every time someone needs to view or edit data, you point NocoDB at your database and it generates a usable interface automatically. The n8n node then lets your automations read and write to those same tables, so you have one source of truth that both humans and machines can work with. At Osher Digital, we use NocoDB as the data backbone in many of the business automation systems we build for clients. It works particularly well as a lightweight CRM, a project tracker, an inventory database, or a content management system — anywhere you need structured data that both your team and your n8n workflows need to access. Because NocoDB is self-hosted, your data stays on your infrastructure, which matters for Australian businesses with data sovereignty requirements.
    NocoDB consultants
  • Google Docs

    Google Docs

    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.
    Google Docs consultants
  • Github Trigger

    Github Trigger

    GitHub Trigger is an n8n node that starts a workflow whenever a specific event happens in your GitHub repositories — pushes, pull requests, issues, releases, code reviews, or any of the dozens of webhook events GitHub supports. If your development team uses GitHub and you want automated actions to happen when code is pushed, PRs are opened, or issues are created, this trigger connects your code repository to your operational workflows. The problem this solves is the disconnect between development activity and business operations. When a developer pushes code or a PR gets merged, other things usually need to happen — deployment notifications sent to the team, release notes posted, JIRA tickets updated, clients notified of new features, or QA tasks created. Doing these manually is error-prone and slow. The GitHub Trigger fires automatically and kicks off whatever downstream actions you define in n8n. At Osher Digital, we use the GitHub Trigger node as part of system integration projects that connect development workflows to business tools. Common builds include posting deployment summaries to Slack or Mattermost when code is merged to main, creating project management tasks when new issues are filed, syncing release notes to a client-facing changelog, and triggering automated test or build pipelines. If your dev team lives in GitHub but your business runs on different tools, this trigger bridges the gap.
    Github Trigger consultants

  • Workflow Trigger

    The Workflow Trigger node is an internal n8n component that starts a workflow based on a call from another workflow. Unlike external triggers (webhooks, scheduled timers, or app-specific events), the Workflow Trigger sits inside a sub-workflow and waits to be invoked by a parent workflow using the Execute Workflow node. This is how you break large, complex automations into smaller, reusable pieces. If you have built an n8n automation that has grown to dozens of nodes and become difficult to maintain, sub-workflows with Workflow Triggers are the fix. Common patterns include: a data validation sub-workflow called by multiple parent workflows, an error handling routine shared across your entire n8n instance, or a notification sub-workflow that formats and sends alerts to Slack, email, or SMS depending on the input it receives. At Osher, we use sub-workflow architecture in nearly every client project. It makes automations easier to test (you can run the sub-workflow in isolation), easier to debug (each piece has its own execution log), and easier to update (changing the sub-workflow updates every parent that calls it). If your n8n instance has become a tangle of duplicated logic across dozens of workflows, our n8n consulting team can restructure it into a clean, maintainable architecture using Workflow Triggers and sub-workflows.
    Workflow Trigger consultants
  • Google Drive Trigger

    Google Drive Trigger

    Google Drive Trigger is an n8n node that kicks off automated workflows whenever something changes in your Google Drive. It watches for new files landing in a folder, edits to existing documents, or files being moved or deleted — then fires your workflow instantly. If your team dumps client briefs, signed contracts, or raw data files into shared Drive folders and someone still has to manually sort, rename, or forward those files, this trigger removes that bottleneck entirely. Google Drive is already where most teams store and share documents. The problem is that Drive on its own does not connect to your CRM, your project management tool, or your data pipeline. The Google Drive Trigger in n8n bridges that gap. When a new file appears, n8n can automatically extract text from it, push the data into your database, notify your team on Slack, or run it through an AI classification model — all without anyone lifting a finger. At Osher Digital, we use the Google Drive Trigger node regularly when building automated data processing workflows for Australian businesses. Common setups include watching an uploads folder for incoming invoices, triggering OCR and data extraction when scanned documents arrive, and automatically filing processed documents into the correct subfolders. If your business runs on Google Workspace and you are tired of manual file handling, this is the node that makes it go away.
    Google Drive Trigger consultants
  • Microsoft Outlook

    Microsoft Outlook

    The Microsoft Outlook node in n8n lets you automate email sending, calendar management, and contact operations directly from your workflows. Instead of manually drafting follow-up emails, scheduling meetings, or copying contact data between systems, n8n handles it programmatically through the Microsoft Graph API. If your team spends hours each week on repetitive email tasks or calendar coordination, this node eliminates that overhead. Microsoft Outlook is the default email and calendar tool for most Australian businesses running Microsoft 365. The problem is that Outlook sits in its own silo — it does not talk to your CRM, your project management tool, or your invoicing system without manual copy-paste work. The n8n Outlook node fixes that by letting you read emails, send templated responses, create calendar events, and sync contacts as part of larger automated workflows. At Osher Digital, we connect Outlook to n8n workflows as part of our business automation projects. Common builds include auto-sending personalised follow-up emails after form submissions, creating calendar events when a deal moves to a new stage in your CRM, and extracting data from incoming emails to populate databases. If your sales or operations team lives in Outlook, we can make it work harder for them without changing their existing habits.
    Microsoft Outlook consultants

  • Edit Image

    Edit Image is a built-in n8n node that lets you manipulate images directly inside your automation workflows. It handles operations like resizing, cropping, rotating, adding text overlays, adjusting quality, and converting between image formats (PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF). If your team manually resizes product photos, adds watermarks to images, or converts file formats before uploading them somewhere, this node automates that work completely. The Edit Image node uses the Sharp library under the hood, which is the same high-performance image processing library used by many production web applications. It runs on your n8n server, so images never leave your infrastructure — useful if you handle client assets or sensitive visual content that should not be sent to third-party APIs. At Osher Digital, we use the Edit Image node in workflows that process visual content at scale. Common examples include automatically resizing and compressing product images for e-commerce uploads, generating social media image variants from a single source image, and adding watermarks to portfolio images before they are shared externally. If you are building a content pipeline or business automation that involves any kind of image manipulation, this node handles it without needing Photoshop, Canva, or any manual intervention.
    Edit Image consultants
  • Mattermost

    Mattermost

    Mattermost is an open-source, self-hosted team messaging platform that works as an alternative to Slack. The n8n Mattermost node lets you send messages, create posts, manage channels, and react to messages programmatically from your automation workflows. If your team uses Mattermost for internal communication and you want automated notifications, alerts, or status updates posted directly into your channels, this node handles it. The reason organisations choose Mattermost over Slack is data sovereignty — Mattermost runs on your own servers, so messages and files never leave your infrastructure. This makes it popular with government agencies, defence contractors, healthcare providers, and any organisation with strict data residency requirements. The n8n Mattermost node preserves that benefit because n8n itself can also be self-hosted, giving you a fully self-contained automation and communication stack. At Osher Digital, we integrate Mattermost into n8n workflows as part of our system integration projects. Common use cases include posting automated deployment notifications from CI/CD pipelines, sending alert messages when monitoring systems detect issues, and routing customer support messages from external channels into internal Mattermost threads. If your team uses Mattermost and you want to pipe automated updates into it without building custom bots, the n8n node is the fastest path.
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  • Typeform Trigger

    Typeform Trigger

    Typeform Trigger is an n8n node that fires a workflow every time someone submits a response to one of your Typeform forms. Instead of manually checking Typeform for new submissions, exporting CSVs, or copying responses into your CRM by hand, the trigger pushes each response into n8n the moment it arrives. From there, the data can flow automatically into your sales pipeline, email sequences, databases, or any other system. Typeform is popular because it creates forms that people actually finish — the conversational, one-question-at-a-time format gets higher completion rates than traditional forms. But the data those forms collect is only useful if it reaches the right system quickly. If your team is manually downloading Typeform responses and re-entering them into spreadsheets or CRMs, the Typeform Trigger eliminates that delay and the errors that come with manual data entry. At Osher Digital, we connect Typeform to downstream systems as part of our sales automation and business automation projects. Typical setups include routing lead capture form submissions into HubSpot or Pipedrive with automatic lead scoring, sending personalised confirmation emails based on form answers, and creating tasks in project management tools when onboarding forms are completed. If you use Typeform to collect any kind of business-critical data, we make sure that data reaches its destination automatically.
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  • Airtable Trigger

    Airtable Trigger

    The Airtable Trigger node in n8n monitors an Airtable base for record changes and starts a workflow when those changes occur. Airtable itself is a spreadsheet-database hybrid — it looks like a spreadsheet but supports relational links between tables, attachment fields, single/multi-select fields, and a proper API. The trigger node watches a specific table and fires when records are created or updated, passing the changed record data into your n8n workflow for processing. The problem this solves is keeping Airtable in sync with everything else. Teams often use Airtable as their central tracker for projects, inventory, content calendars, or CRM contacts. When someone adds or changes a record in Airtable, other systems need to know — a Slack message needs sending, a task needs creating in another tool, or data needs updating in a database. Without the trigger, someone has to manually copy that information between systems. The Airtable Trigger node polls the Airtable API at a configurable interval, checking a specified view for new or modified records. When it finds changes, it outputs the full record data (all fields) to the next node in the workflow. This lets you build reactive automations that respond to your team’s activity in Airtable without anyone needing to leave the spreadsheet interface. Osher uses Airtable triggers in system integration projects where Airtable is the team’s primary data entry point. We also build business automation workflows that react to Airtable changes to update CRMs, send notifications, or feed data into processing pipelines.
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  • Google Calendar Trigger

    Google Calendar Trigger

    The Google Calendar Trigger node in n8n monitors a Google Calendar for event changes and starts a workflow when events are created, updated, or deleted. Google Calendar is the scheduling backbone for most organisations using Google Workspace, and the trigger node turns calendar activity into automated actions — sending preparation materials before meetings, notifying team members about schedule changes, logging meeting data to a CRM, or triggering follow-up tasks after events end. The problem this solves is the disconnect between scheduling and action. When someone books a meeting, several things often need to happen: a briefing document needs sending, a room or resource needs confirming, attendees need reminders via a different channel, or follow-up tasks need creating after the meeting concludes. Without automation, someone has to remember to do each of these things manually. The Google Calendar Trigger connects via OAuth2 to a Google account and polls a specified calendar for changes at a configurable interval. When it detects new, updated, or cancelled events, it passes the event data — title, description, start/end times, attendees, location, and custom properties — to the next node in the workflow. This gives you everything you need to build scheduling-driven automations. Osher uses Google Calendar triggers in business automation projects where meeting schedules drive downstream workflows. We also build system integrations that keep calendars synchronised with CRMs, project management tools, and communication platforms.
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  • Gmail Trigger

    Gmail Trigger

    The Gmail Trigger node in n8n monitors a Gmail inbox for new emails matching specified criteria and starts a workflow when matching messages arrive. Gmail is the email platform for Google Workspace (and personal Google accounts), and the trigger turns incoming email into automated action — routing support requests to a ticketing system, extracting data from structured emails, forwarding attachments to cloud storage, or notifying teams about important messages in Slack. The problem this solves is manual email triage. Many business processes still run on email: customers send enquiries, suppliers send invoices, partners send reports, systems send alerts. Someone has to read each email, decide what to do with it, and then take action in another system. The Gmail Trigger automates that first step — detecting the right emails and kicking off the appropriate workflow. The trigger connects via OAuth2 to a Gmail account and polls for new messages at a configurable interval. You can filter by label, sender, subject keywords, or other Gmail search criteria. When matching emails arrive, the trigger outputs the message data — subject, body (plain text and HTML), sender, recipients, date, attachments, and Gmail labels — to the next node in your workflow. Osher uses Gmail triggers in business automation projects where email is a key input channel. We also build AI agent workflows that use the Gmail Trigger to process incoming emails with AI — classifying intent, extracting structured data, and routing to the right team or system automatically.
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  • Pipedrive

    Pipedrive

    Pipedrive is a sales CRM built around the visual pipeline — deals are shown as cards moving through customisable stages from initial contact to closed-won. Unlike broader CRM platforms that try to do everything (marketing, support, operations), Pipedrive focuses specifically on helping salespeople track deals, manage contacts, schedule follow-up activities, and see their pipeline at a glance. It is popular with small-to-medium sales teams because the interface is straightforward and the setup is fast. The problem Pipedrive solves is deal visibility. When sales reps track prospects in spreadsheets, sticky notes, or their heads, deals get forgotten, follow-ups get missed, and managers have no reliable forecast. Pipedrive gives every deal a visible position in the pipeline with a clear next action, and it flags deals that are stalling or overdue. For automation, Pipedrive has a comprehensive REST API. The n8n Pipedrive node supports creating and updating deals, contacts (persons and organisations), activities, notes, and leads. You can also use Pipedrive’s webhook triggers to start n8n workflows when deals move stages, contacts are created, or activities are completed. This means sales-related events in Pipedrive can trigger actions in other systems automatically. Osher integrates Pipedrive into sales automation workflows that eliminate manual data entry and ensure follow-ups happen on time. We also connect Pipedrive to other business systems as part of broader system integration projects — syncing deal data with accounting, project management, and communication tools.
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  • Nextcloud

    Nextcloud

    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.
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