Track Jira Epic Health with Automated Risk Alerts via Slack, Monday & Sheets — n8n Workflow

Medium complexity⏰ Scheduled10 nodes🏷️ Project Managementby Rahul Joshi

Overview

Description: Transform your Jira project management workflow with this intelligent n8n automation template that continuously tracks, scores, and reports the health of Jira Epics.

The automation runs every 6 hours, fetches all active Epics, analyzes linked issues for performance, quality, and stability metrics, and automatically flags at-risk Epics. It updates Jira fields, sends alerts to Slack, logs trends in Google Sheets, and syncs visibility with Monday.com—ensuring teams stay proactive, not

Nodes used

Google SheetsSlackJira SoftwareMonday.com

Workflow Preview

📊 WORKFLOW START
This workflow monitors Jira Epics and calculates health
• Runs every 6 hours
• Fetches all Epics
• Analyzes linked issues
• Calculates health metrics
📥 EPIC RETRIEVAL
Fetches all Epics from Jira:
• Uses Jira REST API
• getAll operation
• Retrieves: Epic keys, names, fields
• Filters to Epics only
🔀 SPLIT EPICS
Transforms Epic batch into individual items:
• Iterates through each Epic
• Extracts Epic key
• Creates separate object per Epic
• Enables sequential processing
🔗 FETCH LINKED ISSUES
For each Epic, retrieves:
• Epic metadata
• All linked child issues
• Issue details:
✓ Status
📈 HEALTH SCORE ALGORITHM
Weighted formula (0-1 scale):
metrics calculated:
✓ avgCycleTime: Average days/hours
✓ bugRatio: Bugs / Total issues
✓ churnRatio: Reopened / Total
⚠️ RISK THRESHOLD
Condition: healthScore > 0.6
Interpretation:
• Score 0.0-0.6 = Healthy ✅
• Score > 0.6 = At Risk ⚠️
If AT RISK:
🔄 JIRA UPDATE
Updates at-risk Epic:
• Sets custom field:
customfield_10060 = Health Score
• Adds label: "At Risk"
• Creates audit trail
🚨 SLACK ALERT
Sends to: #project-alerts
Contains:
✓ Epic key
✓ Health score value
✓ Direct link to Epic in Jira
📋 MONDAY.COM PULSE
Updates Monday.com board with:
• Health score metric
• Risk status
• Last updated timestamp
Syncs data across platforms
📊 GOOGLE SHEETS LOG
Appends historical record:
Columns (A:C):
✓ Timestamp
✓ Epic Key
✓ Health Score
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T
Trigger Every 6 Hours
Fetch All Epics from Jira
S
Split Epics for Processing
Fetch Epic + Linked Issues
C
Calculate Health Score
I
Is Score > 0.6 (At Risk)?
Update Epic in Jira
Alert Slack Channel
Update Monday.com Pulse
Log to Google Sheets
10 nodes9 edges

How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a scheduled trigger, running on a defined schedule.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 10 nodes, connecting cron, function, googlesheets.

  3. 3

    Output

    The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (10)

GO

Google Sheets

googleSheets

#1
SL

Slack

slack

#2
JI

Jira Software

jira

#3
MO

Monday.com

mondayCom

#4

How to Import This Workflow

  1. 1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
  2. 2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows → New → Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded track-jira-epic-health-with-automated-risk-alerts-via-slack-monday-sheets file and click Import.
  4. 4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
  5. 5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Track Jira Epic Health with Automated Risk Alerts via Slack, Monday & Sheets", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

cronfunctiongooglesheetsifjiramondaycomslack

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Download JSONView on n8n.io
Nodes10
Complexitymedium
Triggerscheduled
CategoryProject Management

Created by

Rahul Joshi

Rahul Joshi

@rahul08

Tags

cronfunctiongooglesheetsifjiramondaycomslack
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