Curious about setting up workflow automations with Grist? We were as well! In March, we did an internal deep dive and are happy to share some helpful examples of Grist automations with n8n. We’ll start by going over the absolute basics (getting and updating data, responding to webhooks), and then by looking at some more advanced examples that take and transform Grist data with AI integrations and other services.

Timestamps

03:50 Example 1: Creating a manual trigger
05:35 Finding Document and Table IDs
08:30 Example 2 using Webhooks
15:10 Example 3: Form Submission Example
21:00 Example 4: Using AI to update photos
26:10 Example 5: Add email summary to Grist CRM
28:15 Example 6: Create summary of all emails received

Useful links

• GetGrist.com | Resources | Webinars: https://www.getgrist.com/webinars/
• Help Center: https://support.getgrist.com/
• Community Forum: https://community.getgrist.com/
• Discord: https://discord.gg/MYKpYQ3fbP
• n8n: https://n8n.io/integrations/grist/

Other links mentioned

• GristCon – Using Grist + n8n to automate emails: https://youtu.be/al4DOBONu8Y?si=eoRTUw8GSQXBpBla
• Jarek’s n8n examples: https://support.getgrist.com/integrators/#example-updating-multiple-tables-from-a-form-submission
• Aude’s n8n Guide: https://community.getgrist.com/t/very-basic-n8n-grist-workflows/7021
• n8n Grist Node: Add upsert PR: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/pull/18067