Hour Burn & Budget Alerts

Inside this workflow

Overview

**What it automates:** Daily trigger → fetch hours from timesheet → analyze vs budget → if burn rate exceeds budget by >10%, flag it → Slack alert with percentage used and remaining hours. **Business outcome:** Budget overruns hurt margins. This workflow catches risky projects early so you can pause, scope-reduce, or escalate before damage done. **Apps & nodes:** Schedule, timesheet API (Toggl, Harvest), OpenAI (analysis), Slack (alerts) **Setup (4 steps):** 1. Connect timesheet tool (Toggl, Harvest, Fresh) 2. Add project identifiers and budgets 3. Add OpenAI API key for analysis 4. Connect Slack **Difficulty:** Beginner-Intermediate (12 min setup) | **Credentials:** Timesheet API, OpenAI, Slack

What's included

Quickstart

1. 01

   Download the JSON

   With an active Library Pass, download the workflow file right from this page or your dashboard.

2. 02

   Import into n8n

   Choose Import from File and select the downloaded JSON. The full agent graph appears, ready to configure.

3. 03

   Plug in credentials

   Each integration node prompts for credentials on first run. The setup guide lists every credential the agent expects.

4. 04

   Activate and test

   Run once with sample input, confirm the expected output, then flip the activate toggle.

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