INST - the n8n installer: deploy workflows with automatic credential mapping
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 22 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow”. Along the way it connects GitHub.
How it runs
Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow”.
- OpenAi Credentials (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- GitHub: uses GitHub
- n8n: uses n8n
- Credential Dictionary (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
- Extract Project Details (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
- If: checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Merge: merges the data from its input branches
- Stop and Error: stops the run with an error
- Installer Data (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
- Convert to File: converts data to a file
…plus 8 more steps. See the full node list below.
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 (14)
- Manual Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - Convert to File
n8n-nodes-base.convertToFile - n8n
n8n-nodes-base.n8n - Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)
n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches - Extract from File
n8n-nodes-base.extractFromFile - Split Out
n8n-nodes-base.splitOut - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Stop and Error
n8n-nodes-base.stopAndError - GitHub
n8n-nodes-base.github - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - Merge
n8n-nodes-base.merge - No Operation, do nothing
n8n-nodes-base.noOp
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