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Monitor vendor outages and breaches with Bright Data, GPT-5.6 and Slack

Ready for 3.0

by Daniel Shashko ✓ · 12 views · created 2026-08-20

Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 24 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day at 07:00) (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects OpenAI Chat Model, Slack and Gmail. It also calls api.brightdata.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every day at 07:00) (plus 1 other trigger).

  1. Settings (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 10 fields: your_site, also_watch, max_vendors…
  2. Read Your Site (HTTP Request): calls api.brightdata.com (POST)
  3. Map Your Vendor Stack (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  4. Check Status Pages (HTTP Request): calls api.brightdata.com (POST)
  5. Only The Ones Worth Watching (Filter): keeps only the items that match a condition
  6. Read The Status Board (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  7. Search Vendor News (HTTP Request): calls api.brightdata.com (POST)
  8. Combine Both Signals (Merge): merges the data from its input branches
  9. Read The Headlines (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  10. Recall Last Check (Data table): get

…plus 9 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

OpenAI Chat ModelSlackGmail

HTTP calls to: api.brightdata.com

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.

Nodes used (15)

From the author

Quick Overview This workflow monitors the third-party vendors your website depends on by fetching your homepage via Bright Data, checking each vendor’s Statuspage API and recent news, comparing results against a stored baseline, and sending change-based…

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