Automation Rescue
Assessing and repairing a recruiting pipeline built on n8n, Airtable, and Microsoft 365
- Every workflow mapped
- 2 discovery reports
- Pipeline working again
- Industry
- Recruiting
- Status
- Completed
- Airtable
- n8n
- Microsoft Graph
- Microsoft 365
The Problem
A recruiting firm ran its candidate pipeline on n8n workflows connecting Airtable to Microsoft 365 through the Graph API. The workflows had grown piece by piece, and when they started misbehaving, the first job was figuring out what the system actually did from end to end.
The Approach
I didn't touch anything until I'd done a technical assessment: every workflow, trigger, and integration point mapped, and every failure traced back to its source. The assessment showed the real job was bigger than the original estimate, so I said so early, with evidence, instead of letting it surface on an invoice.
The Architecture
n8n orchestrates the pipeline, Airtable holds the candidate and pipeline data, and Microsoft Graph handles the Microsoft 365 side. Remediation aimed for a chain the client could trust and the next engineer could read, with each workflow owning one clear job.
The Results
Two discovery reports: one for engineers with the technical findings, and one for the client explaining in plain language why the work needed two more weeks. The client approved the expanded scope knowing exactly what they were paying for and why, and the pipeline was working when the job was done.
Built with n8n, Airtable, Microsoft Graph, Automation, Assessment
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