Templates / 🌸 CFO sunrise — Soft-Tech morning brief for household CEOs (n8n template)

🌸 CFO sunrise — Soft-Tech morning brief for household CEOs (n8n template)

Needs changes

by Shelly-Ann Davy ✓ · 96 views · created 2025-09-02 · Personal Productivity

Needs changes. This template uses 3 thing(s) that n8n 3.0 removes: Cron, Function (legacy), OpenAI (legacy). 3 breaking item(s) found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This workflow has 12 nodes and runs on a schedule (legacy Cron node). Along the way it connects Google Calendar and Telegram.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (legacy Cron node).

  1. Brand Settings (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
  2. Time Window (Function): runs custom JavaScript (legacy Function node)
  3. Bank Balances (HTTP) (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
  4. Shopify Orders (HTTP) (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
  5. Stripe Invoices (Open) (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
  6. Google Calendar: uses Google Calendar
  7. Assemble Snapshot (Function): runs custom JavaScript (legacy Function node)
  8. Draft Top 3 (OpenAI) (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
  9. Build Message (Soft HTML) (Function): runs custom JavaScript (legacy Function node)
  10. Send Email: sends an email over SMTP

…plus 1 more step. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google CalendarTelegram

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

3 things in this workflow are removed in n8n 3.0. Fix them before you upgrade:

  • Cron in Start (Cron @ 08:00): replace with Schedule Trigger.
  • Function (legacy) in Time Window, Assemble Snapshot, Build Message (Soft HTML): replace with Code node, mode 'Run Once for All Items'.
  • OpenAI (legacy) in Draft Top 3 (OpenAI): replace with OpenAI node (AI section).

Rather not rewrite it? Many of these flows can be rebuilt in Make (free plan).

Removed in 3.0Replace with
Cron
Start (Cron @ 08:00)
Schedule Trigger
Function (legacy)
Time Window, Assemble Snapshot, Build Message (Soft HTML)
Code node, mode 'Run Once for All Items'
OpenAI (legacy)
Draft Top 3 (OpenAI)
OpenAI node (AI section)

Nodes used (8)

From the author

🌸 Overview Serene CFO Sunrise is a gentle morning brief for Household CEOs — founders who run a business and a home. At 8:00 AM local time, it gathers bank balances, last-24h shop orders, open/overdue invoices, and today’s calendar, then sends one elegant…

Excerpt from Shelly-Ann Davy's description on n8n.io.

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