Reference4 min readUpdated 2026-06-29
Google Docs n8n Launch Checklist
The 21-item checklist to ship a Google Docs workflow to production without surprises.
Key takeaways
- 21 items, 20 minutes.
- Correctness + ops + cost + human.
- Skip nothing.
- Repeat on every change.
Before you flip your Google Docs workflow to Active in production, walk through this 21-item checklist. It's saved us more incidents than we can count.
Correctness (7 items)
Golden dataset passes; edge cases handled; nulls guarded; timezones checked; idempotency confirmed; retries wired; error path exists.
Ops (7 items)
Alerts land; dashboards exist; on-call named; runbook written; rollback documented; credentials scoped; audit log active.
Cost (4 items)
Batching enabled; polling minimized; AI right-sized; dead branches removed.
Human (3 items)
Business owner acknowledged; stakeholders notified; success metric defined.
Frequently asked questions
- Do I really need all 21?
- Yes. Skipping is how outages happen.
- How long?
- 20 minutes the first time; 5 after.
- Automate it?
- Yes — many teams build a "pre-flight" sub-workflow.
- Print version?
- Available at /handouts on our site.