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Accounting — Client Document Collection Tracker

Portfolio Demonstration

Each fictional client is checked against a service-specific required-document matrix; missing documents and days-until-deadline combine into a High/Medium/Low risk score that drives reminder cadence and, only for High risk, accountant escalation - all within a real Split-In-Batches loop that aggregates into a dashboard once complete.

n8n canvas: Accounting — Client Document Collection Tracker — full workflow canvas in n8n

Problem

Chasing clients for missing tax and financial documents ahead of deadlines is time-consuming and easy to lose track of.

System Design

Checklist and deadline loop: a Schedule Trigger feeds a Split-In-Batches loop where each fictional client runs through a document-checklist and deadline-risk scorecard before looping back.

Workflow Stages

  1. 01Client Loop
  2. 02Document Checklist & Risk Scoring
  3. 03Reminders, Escalation & Completion
  4. 04Filing Readiness Dashboard

Tools Used

  • n8n
  • Code (JavaScript)
  • If
  • Loop Over Items
  • Schedule Trigger
  • Set
  • Switch

Safety & Human Review

  • Workflow name begins with DEMO | and is inactive.
  • No credentials are attached to any node.
  • No enabled external send node exists anywhere in this workflow.
  • All data is fictional (example.com emails, invented names/addresses).
  • Uses only built-in n8n node types.

Implementation Evidence

Real screenshots of the working system — collapsed by default so this page stays readable.

What's Working

7 structural checks passed, including: Workflow JSON parses (local + server-returned copy); active is false; Name begins with DEMO |; No credentials attached to any node. Structural and logic validation completed. Live n8n execution pending manual safe test.

Limitations & Confidentiality

Classification and scoring logic is deterministic/rule-based rather than a live AI model, by design (provider-independent, fully inspectable, no credential required). No real system of record, messaging channel, or calendar is connected - every downstream action is simulated or drafted, never sent. Live n8n execution has not been triggered as part of this build.

Portfolio demonstration built for a fictional business with fictional data. It is not connected to any real client, system, or customer.

What I'd Improve Next

Replace deterministic classification with a real AI model behind the same confidence/human-review pattern where one exists. Connect the mock/simulated steps to real systems of record once reviewed and approved. Wire a real (approved) communication channel behind the draft-message steps.

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