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n8n

What it is

n8n is the self-hosted workflow automation platform running as a Docker container in the PBS infrastructure stack. It serves as the central automation hub connecting external services (Gmail, Google Drive, Instagram, YouTube, Cloudflare, Supabase) with internal systems (WordPress, pbs-hub, the Obsidian vault, OB1). n8n handles event-driven pipelines, scheduled jobs, webhook receivers, and multi-step data flows that would otherwise require custom code.

Current state

Active. Current and planned automation workflows include:

  • Email-to-vault pipeline — Gmail → n8n → Gitea → Obsidian vault (session note ingestion)
  • Cloudflare cache warming — Daily sitemap crawl + Cloudflare cache purge triggers
  • Instagram automation — Reel detection webhook, content hub sync
  • OB1 parallel write — n8n writes to both wiki-vault and OB1 simultaneously (planned)
  • WordPress log monitoring — Log event alerts via n8n
  • SSH login alerting — journald tailer → n8n → Google Chat
  • YouTube analytics — YouTube API → n8n → Streamlit pipeline (planned)
  • PBS SEO automation — Google Search Console data → Claude API → meta generation

Where it lives

  • PBS Linode Docker stack, behind Traefik ingress
  • Accessible via Traefik routing (internal + possibly tunneled)
  • Persistent data in Docker volume

History

  • Ongoing — Central automation hub for PBS + homelab operations
  • 2026 — Email-to-vault pipeline built and validated (session notes live)
  • 2026 — OB1 parallel write pipeline planned as part of OB1 Phase 4+
  • 2026 — SSH login alerting project initiated