Developer & DevOps

Connect Cron with Discord

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Workflow Description

A scheduled automation that retrieves data from a GraphQL API at defined intervals using Cron and sends formatted updates to a Discord channel. Perfect for pushing regular notifications, alerts, and reports to development and operations teams without manual intervention.

How it works

  1. 1.Trigger the workflow at specified times using Cron scheduling
  2. 2.Execute GraphQL query to fetch relevant data from your API
  3. 3.Transform and format the retrieved data for readability
  4. 4.Post the structured message to your Discord channel

Use cases

  • Send automated daily or weekly system health reports and performance metrics to Slack-like channels
  • Notify operations teams about critical alerts, failed deployments, or threshold breaches from monitoring systems

Requirements

  • Valid GraphQL endpoint URL with proper authentication credentials
  • Active Discord webhook URL or bot token with message posting permissions

Service Value

Ready-made workflow template for automation delivery and service execution.

Apps Used

Schedule Graphql Discord

Details

Trigger Scheduled trigger
Nodes 5
Apps 3
Views 199
Downloads 122

How to Use

  1. 1.Click "Download Template"
  2. 2.Open your n8n dashboard
  3. 3.Go to Workflows > Import from File
  4. 4.Select downloaded file and configure credentials

Nodes Used (5)

Cron

Cron

#1

Set

Set

#2

GraphQL

Graphql

#3

Item Lists

Item Lists

#4

Discord

Discord

#5