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Scan personal data in data tables with Groq and Discord alerts

Ready for 3.0

by Melbin Francis ✓ · 1 views · created 2026-09-05 · Document Extraction, AI Summarization

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 AI workflow has 25 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow” (plus 2 other triggers). Along the way it connects Groq Chat Model and Discord.

How it runs

Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow” (plus 2 other triggers).

  1. Create Patterns Table (Data table): create (table)
  2. Set Scan Policy (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 3 fields: sample_rows, exclude_name_patterns, min_confidence
  3. Create Inventory Table (Data table): create (table)
  4. Load Detection Patterns (Data table): get
  5. Create Runs Table (Data table): create (table)
  6. List Every Data Table (Data table): list (table)
  7. Build Detection Patterns (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  8. Skip Own Tables (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  9. Load Patterns Into Table (Data table): create or update
  10. Loop Over Tables (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches

…plus 10 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Groq Chat ModelDiscord

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 (11)

From the author

Quick overview This workflow inventories personal data across n8n Data Tables by sampling rows, classifying columns with regex patterns, and using Groq to judge ambiguous columns from names and masked value shapes, then stores results in Data Tables and…

Excerpt from Melbin Francis's description on n8n.io.

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