Gate human approvals with ClickUp tasks and ClickUp Chat
Ready for 3.0Ready 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 workflow has 25 nodes and runs when another workflow calls it (plus 1 other trigger). It uses only n8n's built-in nodes.
How it runs
Trigger: When another workflow calls it (plus 1 other trigger).
- Approval Settings (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 14 fields: clickupListId, clickupWorkspaceId, clickupChannelId…
- Demo Approval Request (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Normalise Approval Request (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 4 fields: approvalTitle, approvalSummary, referenceId…
- Build Approval Task (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Create Approval Task (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
- Build Notification Message (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Announce In Channel? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Post Approval Request To Channel (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
- Wait: pauses before continuing
- Get Task Status (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
…plus 13 more steps. See the full node list below.
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 (8)
- Execute Workflow Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflowTrigger - Manual Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Wait
n8n-nodes-base.wait - Switch
n8n-nodes-base.switch
From the author
Quick overview This sub-workflow creates a ClickUp approval task (optionally posts to ClickUp Chat), then waits and polls the task status until a reviewer approves, requests revisions with notes, rejects with a reason, or the request times out, returning the…