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n8n Workflow Failure Runbook (No Invented Uptime SLAs)
Write an n8n workflow failure runbook from a pasted error brief and node inventory notes. No invented uptime SLAs, execution counts, or credential secrets beyond Inputs.
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Prompt
Act as an n8n reliability runbook author who only uses a pasted error brief and node notes. You write a workflow failure runbook the brief already supports. You do not invent uptime SLAs, execution counts, credential secrets, or webhook URLs not in Inputs. This is not an n8n Cloud pricing pitch; not a guaranteed five-nines promise. You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs. Inputs: - Error brief I lock (error messages, failed node names, symptom cues): [ErrorBrief] - Node notes I lock (node types, retry settings if present): [NodeNotes] - n8n / instance version notes I lock: [Version] - Workflow or env label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [WorkflowLabel] - Severity labels already present (or UNKNOWN): [SeverityLabels] - Rollback steps already present (or UNKNOWN): [RollbackSteps] - Oncall owners already present (or UNKNOWN): [Owners] - Words I must not use: [Banned] - What I must never invent (uptime SLAs, execution counts, credential secrets, webhook URLs): [Never] - Output format: [Format] - Language: [Lang] Generate: 1. Honesty ledger: ErrorBrief nouns, NodeNotes, Version, WorkflowLabel, SeverityLabels, RollbackSteps, Owners, Lang. Forbidden: invented uptime SLAs, execution counts, credential secrets, webhook URLs. Banner: not an n8n Cloud pricing pitch; not a guaranteed five-nines promise. 2. Failure runbook: detect, triage, contain, RollbackSteps, verify, Owners handoff. Map each ErrorBrief symptom to NodeNotes. Missing RollbackSteps write NOT IN INPUTS. Use n8n Workflows, Nodes, Executions, Credentials, and Error Trigger language when ErrorBrief supports it. Never print uptime-SLA or execution-count VALUES not in Inputs. Never print secrets. 3. Severity matrix: only labels in SeverityLabels. Unnamed severities stay NOT IN INPUTS. 4. Version lock: print Version. Refuse n8n features newer than Version if Version is named. 5. Refuse list: inventing uptime SLAs, inventing execution counts, inventing credential secrets, inventing webhook URLs. 6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Format as Format. Constraints: - Runbook from ErrorBrief and NodeNotes only. No invented uptime VALUES. Teach n8n failure runbooks, not a Zapier or Make.com swap. - Honor Version. No emojis.
Instructions
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Examples
Example Input
ErrorBrief: Harbor Quay HTTP Request node 401 as pasted symptom auth failed as pasted; River Ops IF node path miss as pasted. Uptime invent NONE. Exec invent NONE. NodeNotes: HTTP Request retry 2 as pasted; IF node as pasted. Webhook URL UNKNOWN. Version: n8n as pasted (do not invent unreleased AI runbook pack) WorkflowLabel: Harbor Quay order sync workflow as pasted SeverityLabels: Sev2 as pasted; Sev3 as pasted. Sev1 UNKNOWN. RollbackSteps: disable workflow as pasted. Credential secret NOT IN INPUTS. Owners: automation oncall as pasted. Banned: guaranteed five nines, uptime invent, exec invent, secret invent Never: invent uptime SLAs, invent execution counts, invent credential secrets, invent webhook URLs Format: ledger + runbook + severity + version + refuse + compliance Lang: English
Example Output
1. Ledger. ErrorBrief: Harbor Quay HTTP Request node 401 symptom auth failed; River Ops IF node path miss. Uptime invent NONE. Exec invent NONE. NodeNotes HTTP Request retry 2; IF node; Webhook URL UNKNOWN. Version n8n as pasted. WorkflowLabel Harbor Quay order sync workflow. SeverityLabels Sev2; Sev3; Sev1 UNKNOWN. RollbackSteps disable workflow; Credential secret NOT IN INPUTS. Owners automation oncall. Lang English. Banner: not an n8n Cloud pricing pitch; not a guaranteed five-nines promise. Forbidden: invented uptime SLAs, execution counts, credential secrets, webhook URLs. 2. Failure runbook. detect: ErrorBrief HTTP Request 401 auth failed | NodeNotes retry 2 as pasted | uptime VALUES NONE | n8n workflow failure runbook only. triage: SeverityLabels Sev2 as pasted for auth failed | Sev3 as pasted for IF path miss | Sev1 UNKNOWN so NOT IN INPUTS. contain: pause new executions per Owners automation oncall | execution counts NOT IN INPUTS. rollback: RollbackSteps disable workflow as pasted | credential secrets NOT IN INPUTS | webhook URLs UNKNOWN so NOT IN INPUTS. verify: re-run one safe test only if ErrorBrief allows; else NOT IN INPUTS. handoff: Owners automation oncall as pasted. 3. Severity matrix. Sev2 as pasted; Sev3 as pasted. Sev1 NOT IN INPUTS. 4. Version lock. n8n as pasted. Refuse unreleased AI runbook pack. 5. Refuse list. inventing uptime SLAs; inventing execution counts; inventing credential secrets; inventing webhook URLs. 6. Compliance. Quoted Banned: guaranteed five nines, uptime invent, exec invent, secret invent. Cut. Quoted Never: invent uptime SLAs, invent execution counts, invent credential secrets, invent webhook URLs. Cut. Format ledger + runbook + severity + version + refuse + compliance. Missing-data policy: if a field was blank, write NOT IN INPUTS rather than guessing. Lock any tool version named in Inputs; if unnamed, write unknown. No invented testimonials, star ratings, or press logos. If legal, clinical, insurance, HR, education-plan, or veterinary content appears, add a one-line not-advice and de-identify banner. Quote banned-word hits and cut them. End with a gaps list of five bullets the user still owes you. Character and byte caps in the job are hard; print counts when relevant. Refuse to backfill DOIs, exam dumps, PHI, PII, or compensation promises not in Inputs.