Start by choosing a CircleCI workflow in Flowpast and opening it in n8n. In CircleCI, create a personal API token, then add it in n8n as CircleCI credentials (or store it in an environment variable). Next, pick how you want to trigger automation: most teams use CircleCI webhooks to an n8n Webhook node so runs are real-time. Test with a pipeline run, confirm the payload, then map fields to Slack, Jira, or whatever comes next.

Build and deploy notifications, plus the follow-up work. You can post failed-job summaries to Slack, open a Jira issue for recurring failures, email release stakeholders, update a Google Sheet release log, or tag the right on-call person. You can also route artifacts and links to the right channel, create “deployment started/finished” updates, and keep a running changelog in Notion or Google Docs. The goal is simple: fewer manual handoffs, faster fixes.

Yes. You’ll need access to a CircleCI project (and typically an API token) so n8n can read pipeline events or verify webhook calls.

Common patterns include: alerting on failed pipelines, creating incident tickets on repeated failures, and logging deploys to Sheets for audit trails. Limitations usually come down to permissions and data shape. If your token can’t access a project, n8n won’t either. Webhook payloads can vary by event type, so you may need a quick “set/transform” step before sending to Slack or Jira. Also, keep secrets out of logs; frankly, that’s the easiest mistake to make when you’re moving fast.