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Analyze Alertmanager incidents and post diagnostic reports to Mattermost

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1. Workflow Overview

Overview This workflow helps automatically analyze alerts occurring in the infrastructure and suggest solutions even before the on duty engineer sees the alert. How it work 1. Workflow receives ale...

Best for

  • DevOps automation workflows
  • AI RAG automation workflows
  • advanced n8n builders looking for reusable templates

Tools used

@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent, @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmchatopenai, @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.vectorstoreqdrant, @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.embeddingsgooglegemini, @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.mcpclienttool, n8n-nodes-base.webhook, n8n-nodes-base.httprequest, n8n-nodes-base.mattermost

Source and attribution

This workflow is cataloged by N8N Workflows and links back to its original n8n.io source page by Sergei Byvshev.

Original n8n.io source

1.1 Workflow description

Title
Analyze Alertmanager incidents and post diagnostic reports to Mattermost
Workflow name
Analyze Alertmanager incidents and post diagnostic reports to Mattermost

Overview

This workflow helps automatically analyze alerts occurring in the infrastructure and suggest solutions even before the on-duty engineer sees the alert.

How it work

  1. Workflow receives alert from Alertmanager via Webhook.
  2. The variables required for operation are set
  3. Preparing a prompt for the agent containing only the data necessary for analysis
  4. Optional step to deduplicating duplicate alerts
  5. Getting the trigger condition
  6. The agent performs diagnostics as described in the system prompt. During operation, it can access various systems via MCP to obtain additional information.
  7. Search for a message in a Slack channel corresponding to a processed alert
  8. Send report to Slack thread.

How to use

  1. Generate webhook credentials and use it in Alertmanager
  2. Add Alert fingerprint into Slack message template
  3. Set variables it SetVars node
  4. Add your own Rules and recomendations to system promt 5 Run mcp servers
  5. Choose Slack channel with alerts

1.2 Logical Blocks

This catalog entry is organized from the workflow JSON. The node-level section below shows the executable blocks available for review before importing the template.

2. Block-by-Block Analysis

Block 1 - AI Agent

Type / Role
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - agent
Config choices
Version 3.1

Block 2 - OpenAI Chat Model

Type / Role
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi - lmChatOpenAi
Config choices
Version 1.3

Block 3 - Qdrant Vector Store

Type / Role
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.vectorStoreQdrant - vectorStoreQdrant
Config choices
Version 1.3

Block 4 - Embeddings Google Gemini

Type / Role
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.embeddingsGoogleGemini - embeddingsGoogleGemini
Config choices
Version 1

Block 5 - K8S mcp

Type / Role
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.mcpClientTool - mcpClientTool
Config choices
Version 1.2

Block 6 - Grafana mcp

Type / Role
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.mcpClientTool - mcpClientTool
Config choices
Version 1.2

Block 7 - Digitalocean MCP

Type / Role
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.mcpClientTool - mcpClientTool
Config choices
Version 1.2

Block 8 - Github MCP

Type / Role
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.mcpClientTool - mcpClientTool
Config choices
Version 1.2

Block 9 - Receive alerts

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.webhook - webhook
Config choices
Version 2.1

Block 10 - GetAlertMessages

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - httpRequest
Config choices
Version 4.4

Block 11 - Post in thread

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.mattermost - mattermost
Config choices
Version 1

Block 12 - PreProcessAlerts

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.code - code
Config choices
Version 2

Block 13 - FindAlert

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.code - code
Config choices
Version 2

Block 14 - Sticky Note

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 15 - Sticky Note1

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 16 - Sticky Note2

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 17 - Sticky Note3

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 18 - SetVars

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.set - set
Config choices
Version 3.4

Block 19 - Sticky Note4

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 20 - DeduplicateAlerts

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.code - code
Config choices
Version 2

Block 21 - Sticky Note5

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 22 - GetAlertRule

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - httpRequest
Config choices
Version 4.4

Block 23 - ExtractRuleQuery

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.code - code
Config choices
Version 2

3. Summary Table

Workflow Analyze Alertmanager incidents and post diagnostic reports to Mattermost
Complexity advanced
Nodes 23
Categories DevOps, AI RAG
Author Sergei Byvshev
Published 26 Mar 2026

4. Reproducing the Workflow from Scratch

  1. 1. Download the workflow JSON

    Use the JSON export at /data/workflows/14347/14347.json as the source template for this automation.

  2. 2. Import the template into n8n

    Open n8n, import the downloaded JSON, and review each node before activating the workflow.

  3. 3. Configure credentials and variables

    Replace placeholder credentials, API keys, webhook URLs, account IDs, and environment-specific values with your own settings.

  4. 4. Test with sample data

    Run the workflow manually or in a staging workspace, inspect node output, and confirm downstream systems receive the expected data.

  5. 5. Activate and monitor

    Enable the workflow only after testing, then monitor executions, errors, and rate limits during the first production runs.

5. General Notes & Resources

Review imported nodes carefully before activation. This catalog entry is intended to help you inspect the workflow structure, understand required services, and find related templates faster.

Node names, credentials, schedules, webhook paths, and external service limits may need adjustment for your workspace.

Frequently asked questions

What does Analyze Alertmanager incidents and post diagnostic reports to Mattermost do?

Overview This workflow helps automatically analyze alerts occurring in the infrastructure and suggest solutions even before the on duty engineer sees the alert. How it work 1. Workflow receives ale...

What do I need before importing this workflow?

Review the workflow JSON, configure any required credentials in n8n, and test the automation in a safe workspace before using it in production.

Can I customize this workflow?

Yes. Use the block-by-block analysis and the downloadable JSON to inspect each node, then adjust credentials, prompts, schedules, filters, or destinations for your DevOps, AI RAG use case.