dispatchChecked October 30, 2026 with self-hosted n8n Community Edition 2.45.6.
Free sample: run in n8n
The downloadable sample was imported and executed in n8n. All five fictional leads produced the expected team and priority. It needs no Google or Slack connection.
Full kit: local acceptance checks
The inquiry form, routing rules and alert preparation ran inside n8n. A test copy used local stand-ins for Google Sheets and Slack. The version 2 release passed 21 form/worker acceptance cases and six durable-queue checks on the home server. Retry clocks were advanced only in the isolated test database after verifying the stored delay; no real provider accounts were connected.
| What was checked | Observed result |
|---|---|
| Five documented sample inquiries | Expected teams and priorities |
| Budget below $5,000; urgent inquiry with zero budget | Normal and High priority respectively |
| Spreadsheet formula prefixes and Slack mention-like text | Text handled as text in the prepared output |
| Invalid email, missing name, negative or oversized budget | Rejected before a test row or alert was created |
| Temporary Sheets failures and a response lost after saving | Retries reused leadId; one final row and alert |
| Concurrent identical submissions and workers | One queued inquiry, row and alert |
| Slack rate limits and retry exhaustion | Retry-After respected; five-attempt cap; saved row preserved |
| Queue restart and interrupted delivery | Saved stage survived; uncertain action held for review |
| Simulated Slack failure | Saved test lead remained available |
What still needs your accounts
Real Google Sheets and Slack connections have not been verified in this release. The local checks do not verify sign-in, permissions, live field mapping, API limits or delivery to a real channel. Before using the full kit with real inquiries, connect your accounts and complete the included acceptance checklist.
Compatibility and requirements
The free sample uses Manual Trigger v1, Code v2 and Sticky Note v1. The full kit also uses Form Trigger v2.2, Schedule Trigger v1.2, If v2.2, HTTP Request v4.2 and Google Sheets v4.7. Slack delivery uses its message API with a Slack API bot credential limited to posting messages in channels it joins. Real account delivery with this credential remains to be verified. The queue companion uses the Node runtime in the pinned n8n 2.45.6 image and SQLite, with no extra npm dependency. These are node versions, not separate software subscriptions. Other n8n releases have not been verified; try the free sample in your own instance first.
The workflow is a downloadable template. The version 2 full kit requires self-hosted n8n with Docker Compose, the included private queue companion, a Google account and a Slack workspace. The free sample remains standalone; n8n Cloud alone is not a supported full-kit setup. There is no AI model or paid AI API in it. Your hosting and connected services may have their own costs or limits.
Designed limits
- Rules select a team and priority. They do not predict sales or assign a named employee.
- Duplicate protection covers identical normalized inquiries for 24 hours, and unresolved inquiries until reviewed. Host rate limiting and prospect auto-replies are not included.
- Retries resume the unfinished stage. Uncertain delivery outcomes pause for review; this is not an exactly-once guarantee from external providers.
- Account credentials are never included. The imported workflow starts unpublished.