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Triggers & Scheduled Events Cheat Sheet
In one line: Every automation needs a starting gun. In this lesson you will master the three families of N8N triggers: Webhook triggers that respond to external events, Schedule triggers for...
Key Ideas
1The Three Trigger Families. Without a trigger, a workflow never runs. N8N provides three distinct families of triggers — each suited for different automation patterns. Understanding when to use e...
2Webhook Trigger — Real-Time Events. The Webhook trigger gives you a unique URL. When something POSTs to that URL, your workflow fires instantly. This is the most flexible trigger because any service that...
3Schedule Trigger — Cron & Intervals. The Schedule trigger runs your workflow automatically on a time-based schedule. N8N offers two modes: simple intervals (every X minutes/hours) and cron expressions for...
4App Event Triggers — Native Integrations. Many N8N nodes have built-in trigger variants. Instead of polling with a schedule, these listen for specific events inside connected apps and fire immediately when tha...
Code Examples
┌───────── minute (0-59)
│ ┌───────── hour (0-23)
│ │ ┌───────── day of month (1-31)
│ │ │ ┌───────── month (1-12)
│ │ │ │ ┌───────── day of week (0-7, 0 and 7 = Sunday)
│ │ │ │ │
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Special characters:
* = any value
, = value list...