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

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This workflow is provided as-is. Please review and test before using in production.

1. Workflow Overview

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/ov...

Best for

  • Personal Productivity automation workflows
  • advanced n8n builders looking for reusable templates

Tools used

n8n-nodes-base.cron, n8n-nodes-base.stickynote, n8n-nodes-base.set, n8n-nodes-base.function, n8n-nodes-base.httprequest, n8n-nodes-base.googlecalendar, n8n-nodes-base.openai, n8n-nodes-base.emailsend

Source and attribution

This workflow is cataloged by N8N Workflows and links back to its original n8n.io source page by Shelly-Ann Davy.

Original n8n.io source

1.1 Workflow description

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

🌸 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 email (optional Telegram). Calm and family-hour friendly.

Perfect For Real estate pros, insurance & tax advisors, Shopify/Etsy owners, and homemaker-entrepreneurs who prefer graceful soft tech over dashboards and data chaos.

🧠 What It Does

Pulls bank balances (Mercury/Relay/Plaid via HTTP)

Summarizes Shopify orders (last 24h)

Lists Stripe invoices (open/overdue)

Reads Google Calendar (today)

(Optional) Uses OpenAI to draft “Top 3 Priorities”

Sends a soft-styled morning email (+ optional Telegram)

🔐 Requirements

Bank API via HTTP (Mercury/Relay/Plaid)

Shopify Admin API

Stripe API

Google Calendar (OAuth2)

SMTP or Gmail

(Optional) Telegram Bot, OpenAI API

🧩 Placeholders to Update

YOUR_BANK_API_TOKEN

YOUR_SHOP (yourshop.myshopify.com)

YOUR_SHOPIFY_TOKEN

YOUR_STRIPE_SECRET

YOUR_FROM_EMAIL, YOUR_TO_EMAIL

YOUR_TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID (optional)

🛠️Setup (5–10 min)

Add credentials (HTTP Header Auth for Stripe/Shopify/Bank, Google Calendar OAuth2, SMTP/Gmail, optional Telegram, optional OpenAI).

Replace placeholders listed above.

Set the Cron to your preferred hour (default 08:00, local timezone).

Run once manually to confirm each section, then enable.

🔄 Flow (Node Map)

Cron (08:00) → Time Window → HTTP (Bank) + HTTP (Shopify) + HTTP (Stripe) + Google Calendar → Assemble Snapshot → (Optional) OpenAI “Top 3” → Build Message (soft HTML + text) → Email Send (+ optional Telegram)

🧪 Testing Tips

Temporarily set Cron to Every Minute.

Use Stripe test mode keys.

In Shopify, set created_at_min to a recent ISO time to force sample orders.

Add a dummy event to Google Calendar for today.

Check “Assemble Snapshot” output for metrics before sending.

🎨 Brand & Tone

This template includes a Brand Settings block (brandName, signature, accentEmoji) so your brief feels on-voice without edits to the logic.

Template Notes

Use Sticky Notes for setup/testing (included).

No hardcoded API keys — store in credentials.

Keep Markdown headings (##) in this description.

Original use case; practical, production-ready.

🧯Failure Handling

Each data source is optional — if one API fails, the brief still sends the remaining sections so your morning stays calm.

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 - Start (Cron @ 08:00)

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

Block 2 - 🗒️ Sticky — Submission

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

Block 3 - 🗒️ Sticky — Brand

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

Block 4 - 🗒️ Sticky — Setup & Testing

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

Block 5 - Brand Settings

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

Block 6 - Time Window

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

Block 7 - Bank Balances (HTTP)

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - httpRequest
Config choices
Version 3

Block 8 - Shopify Orders (HTTP)

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - httpRequest
Config choices
Version 3

Block 9 - Stripe Invoices (Open)

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - httpRequest
Config choices
Version 3

Block 10 - Google Calendar — Today

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.googleCalendar - googleCalendar
Config choices
Version 3

Block 11 - Assemble Snapshot

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

Block 12 - Draft Top 3 (OpenAI)

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.openAi - openAi
Config choices
Version 4

Block 13 - Build Message (Soft HTML)

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

Block 14 - Send Email

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

Block 15 - Send Telegram (optional)

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

3. Summary Table

Workflow 🌸 CFO sunrise — Soft-Tech morning brief for household CEOs (n8n template)
Complexity advanced
Nodes 15
Categories Personal Productivity
Author Shelly-Ann Davy
Published 02 Sept 2025

4. Reproducing the Workflow from Scratch

  1. 1. Download the workflow JSON

    Use the JSON export at /data/workflows/8153/8153.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 🌸 CFO sunrise — Soft-Tech morning brief for household CEOs (n8n template) do?

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/ov...

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 Personal Productivity use case.