Connect n8n
Two minutes, three steps. You need owner or admin access to n8n.
Step 1
Create an API key in n8n
In n8n click your initials top right → Settings → n8n API → Create an API key. Copy the key straight away, n8n shows it only once.
If you cannot find that entry, the public API is switched off on this instance. The environment variable N8N_PUBLIC_API_DISABLED=false turns it back on.
Step 2
Add the instance in Duskwatch
Under Connect instance, enter the address where the n8n interface is reachable — for example https://n8n.customer.com, with no path after it. Then the API key, and optionally the client name.
Duskwatch checks the connection immediately. If it fails, the message says why: wrong key, not reachable, or public API disabled.
Step 3
Pick an alert channel
Alerts always go to your agency's alert email. Under Settings you can additionally set up Slack or Telegram and check either with a test message.
What happens next
The first pass quietly adopts the history — otherwise connecting would trigger a flood of email. Only what happens afterwards raises an alert. Duskwatch derives the expected interval for the stall alert from each workflow's own schedule; on the instance page you can override or disable it per workflow.
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