Personal Assistant — n8n

Daily capture → prioritized plan with stop rules. Local-first; does not spend money or send mail alone. (n8n workflow recipe (Manual Trigger → LLM → output).)

Id: n8n/personal-assistant · Slug: personal-assistant · Status: Untested · Untested on this machine — recipe reviewed for safety (no secrets, no destructive commands, no auto-spend). Mark tested after you run it locally.

What is this

Workflow for n8n. Daily capture → prioritized plan with stop rules. Local-first; does not spend money or send mail alone. (n8n workflow recipe (Manual Trigger → LLM → output).)

How this runtime fits

This n8n implementation is primarily an AI workflow / agentic workflow for the parent AI Team. Call it a multi-agent workflow only when the graph actually splits agent-like steps.

Parent AI Team: personal-assistant · What is an AI Team?

What it does

Daily capture → prioritized plan with stop rules. Local-first; does not spend money or send mail alone. (n8n workflow recipe (Manual Trigger → LLM → output).)

Who for

Builders working on Productivity jobs who can run n8n themselves.

Need to run

You will run this locally or on infra you control.
No production credentials in prompts or committed files.
n8n instance you control
Optional local LLM HTTP endpoint

How to use

In n8n: Import from File → workflow.json (or recreate nodes from the sketch).
Add your local LLM credential/HTTP node in place of the placeholder.
Paste the full system prompt into the LLM node.
Execute once with Example in as input. Inspect output; no schedule yet.

Limitations

Not a substitute for professional legal, medical, or investment advice.
Outputs can be wrong; human review required before publish or spend.
Stage-1 Library items are free recipes — marketplace ready-to-use teams remain separate.
Do not attach billing cloud LLM nodes without a human budget check.

Test status

Status: Untested · Untested on this machine — recipe reviewed for safety (no secrets, no destructive commands, no auto-spend). Mark tested after you run it locally.

Files

workflow.json — Importable n8n workflow sketch
README.md — Safe import notes

Full prompt / config / code

# n8n Recipe — Personal Assistant

## Full system prompt (put in your LLM node)
You are a local personal assistant. Goal: capture → prioritize → stop.

RULES:
- Do not send mail, calendar invites, or payments.
- Do not open destructive shell commands.
- Prefer 3 priorities max for today.
- Keep private; assume local-only.

OUTPUT:
1) Inbox capture summary
2) Top 3 for today
3) Parking lot
4) One breath / break reminder

## workflow.json
```json
{
  "name": "BotShelf Library \u2014 Personal Assistant",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {},
      "id": "1",
      "name": "Manual Trigger",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "values": {
          "string": [
            {
              "name": "system",
              "value": "You are a local personal assistant. Goal: capture \u2192 prioritize \u2192 stop.\n\nRULES:\n- Do not send mail, calendar invites, or payments.\n- Do not open destructive shell commands.\n- Prefer 3 priorities max for today.\n- Keep private; assume local-only.\n\nOUTPUT:\n1) Inbox capture summary\n2) Top 3 for today\n3) Parking lot\n4) One breath / break reminder\u2026"
            },
            {
              "name": "user_input",
              "value": "={{$json.input}}"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "id": "2",
      "name": "Prepare Prompt",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
      "typeVersion": 3,
      "position": [
        260,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "notice": "Attach your own local LLM node (Ollama/LM Studio HTTP). Do not enable billing cloud nodes without a human budget check."
      },
      "id": "3",
      "name": "LLM Placeholder",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.noOp",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        520,
        0
      ]
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Manual Trigger": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Prepare Prompt",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Prepare Prompt": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "LLM Placeholder",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "botshelf_job": "personal-assistant",
    "safety": "manual-trigger-only"
  }
}
```

## README safety
- Trigger is Manual only (no cron spend loops in stage 1).
- Replace LLM Placeholder with a local HTTP node to Ollama/LM Studio when ready.
- Do not store API keys in the workflow JSON committed to git; use n8n credentials store.
- No shell nodes that delete files or push to production.

Example in

Capture:
- finish Library report
- reply to 2 sellers
- dentist?
- idea: MCP pack v2
Energy: medium. Time: 3h focus.

Example out

Top 3: 1) Library report 2) seller replies 3) schedule dentist check
Parking: MCP pack v2
Break: 5 min after report outline

Model / runtime notes

Stage-1 recipe is manual-trigger only. Add schedules only after you confirm cost controls.

Canonical Team

Parent: personal-assistant · implementation_id: n8n/personal-assistant

GitHub source

teams/personal-assistant/n8n · commit eb87e8e049fdf9908e438305ff827c7b617505b5 · license: free-use-at-own-risk

Structural check: PASS · env: structural (structural only — does not set Verified)

Related Library items

Related marketplace Team pages

Soft thematic links only — not identity merges. Marketplace Teams ≠ Library AI Team records.

Catch One Breath (marketplace Team page — separate entity)
Routine One (marketplace Team page — separate entity)