Detect procurement conflicts of interest with Google Sheets, Slack and Groq
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 AI workflow has 12 nodes and runs on a schedule (every week at 09:00). Along the way it connects Google Sheets, Groq Chat Model and Slack.
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every week at 09:00).
- Fetch Employee Data (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
- Fetch Supplier Data (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
- Combine Employee and Supplier Inputs (Merge): merges the data from its input branches
- Find Potential Conflict Matches (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Create AI Risk Explanation (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: AI Model
- Prepare Final Case Data (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 10 fields: Date, EmployeeID, EmployeeName…
- Is This a High-Risk Conflict? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Send Compliance Alert (Slack): uses Slack
- Save Medium-Risk Case (Google Sheets): append
- Save High-Risk Case (Google Sheets): append
Services it uses
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 (9)
- Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - Merge
n8n-nodes-base.merge - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - Groq Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatGroq - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack
From the author
Quick overview This workflow runs weekly to compare employee and supplier records in Google Sheets, score potential conflict-of-interest matches, and use Groq (LLM) to generate a neutral risk explanation. High-risk cases trigger a Slack alert, and…