Lost Midas
@lostmidas
Built 3 full n8n workflows from scratch My goal is to automate key parts of my business from lead gen to internal ops, while learning how to think in systems Here’s what I’ve shipped so far
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Lost Midas
@lostmidas
Workflow 1: Daily Quote Email A lightweight morning ritual delivered via automation - Triggers every morning - Pulls a random quote from an open API - Formats & emails it to me using Gmail Learned: - Cron triggers - HTTP Request node - Data formatting via Set node - Gmail integration & auth
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Workflow 2: Starred Email Tracker Turns Gmail stars into structured signals - Watches my inbox for new starred emails - Logs sender, subject, & date to a Google Sheet Learned: - IMAP Email Trigger (w/ JSON filters) - Google Sheets OAuth2 flow - Mapping fields with Set node - Using Wait node to avoid rate limits
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@lostmidas
Workflow 3: Daily Weather to Slack Posts a clean, emoji-enhanced weather summary to Slack every morning - Fetches forecast via OpenWeatherMap - Parses out temp, city, condition - Capitalizes text & adds emoji based on weather type - Posts to Slack Learned: - Working with API query params - Switching units (Fahrenheit) - Conditional logic in expressions - Slack OAuth setup & error handling - Fixing undefined/missing fields
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Lost Midas
@lostmidas
Cross-cutting skills I picked up: - Trigger design (cron, email, manual) - API calls & authentication - Building clean, dynamic messages - Debugging rate limits & data issues - Integrating Gmail, Google Sheets, & Slack - Writing real logic in n8n expressions
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Lost Midas
@lostmidas
What started as "can I automate a quote email?" turned into: - Understanding data flow - Structuring outputs for people & systems - Learning to debug, iterate, & think modularly - Feeling way more confident in building real ops automation
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Lost Midas
@lostmidas
Next up: - Error handling & fallback messages - Logging data to Sheets or Notion - Filtering & conditional triggers - SMS/Email alerts for key updates - Exploring loops & dynamic variables Automation is no longer abstract, it’s real, it’s testable, & it’s happening
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