Track certification requirements with ScrapeGraphAI, GitLab and Rocket.Chat

Certification Requirement Tracker with Rocket.Chat and GitLab

⚠️ COMMUNITY TEMPLATE DISCLAIMER: This is a community-contributed template that uses ScrapeGraphAI (a community node). Please ensure you have the ScrapeGraphAI community node installed in your n8n instance before using this template.

This workflow automatically monitors websites of certification bodies and industry associations, detects changes in certification requirements, commits the updated information to a GitLab repository, and notifies a Rocket.Chat channel. Ideal for professionals and compliance teams who must stay ahead of annual updates and renewal deadlines.

Pre-conditions/Requirements

Prerequisites - Running n8n instance (self-hosted or n8n.cloud) - ScrapeGraphAI community node installed and active - Rocket.Chat workspace (self-hosted or cloud) - GitLab account and repository for documentation - Publicly reachable URL for incoming webhooks (use n8n tunnel, Ngrok, or a reverse proxy)

Required Credentials - ScrapeGraphAI API Key – Enables scraping of certification pages - Rocket.Chat Access Token & Server URL – To post update messages - GitLab Personal Access Token – With api and writerepository scopes

Specific Setup Requirements | Item | Example Value | Notes | | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------ | ----- | | GitLab Repo | gitlab.com/company/cert-tracker | Markdown files will be committed here | | Rocket.Chat Channel | certification-updates | Receives update alerts | | Certification Source URLs file | /data/sourceList.json in the repository | List of URLs to scrape |

How it works