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Block noindex SEO regressions in deploy pipelines with webhook and Slack

Ready for 3.0

by Daniel Shashko ✓ · 5 views · created 2026-09-02 · DevOps

Ready 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 19 nodes and runs when an HTTP POST request hits its webhook URL. Along the way it connects Slack.

How it runs

Trigger: When an HTTP POST request hits its webhook URL.

  1. Settings (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 6 fields: urls, sitemap_url, max_urls…
  2. Pick The URLs To Check (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  3. One Item Per URL (Split Out): splits a list into separate items
  4. Ask For robots.txt (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
  5. Ask For The Sitemap (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
  6. Fetch Each Page (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
  7. Read robots.txt (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  8. Read The Sitemap (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  9. Check Every Page (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  10. Put The Checks Together (Merge): merges the data from its input branches

…plus 8 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Slack

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)

From the author

Quick overview This workflow exposes a POST webhook your deployment pipeline calls to run an SEO smoke test against key URLs, robots.txt, and the sitemap, then posts results to Slack and returns HTTP 500 to block the deploy on critical indexing issues. How it…

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