Document Deadline Reminder
A daily scan of your filing deadline log sends escalating, labeled reminders at 7, 3, and 1 days before each deadline — to the responsible attorney by email and the whole team by Slack — so deadlines never rely on one person's memory.
Automation flow
Daily Trigger
Runs every morning at 8am.
Read Deadlines Sheet
Pulls the full filing deadline log.
Filter Escalating Deadlines
Flags rows hitting the 7/3/1-day thresholds with an urgency label.
Reminder Email
Sends a labeled reminder to the owner.
Team Alert
Posts a Slack summary for visibility.
How it works
- 1Every morning, the full deadline log is read.
- 2Rows not marked
Filed = Yesand expiring in exactly 7, 3, or 1 day(s) are flagged with an urgency label. - 3The responsible attorney/paralegal gets a labeled reminder email.
- 4Your team gets a Slack alert so deadlines have visibility beyond one person's inbox.
Services used
What you'll need
- An n8n Cloud or self-hosted account
- A Google account (Sheets)
- A Slack workspace (optional)
*Administrative reminder tool only — not legal advice, and does not verify jurisdiction-specific filing rules or deadlines. Always confirm actual deadlines against the governing court/agency calendar.*
What's included
- Three-stage escalating reminder cadence
- Urgency labeling (Upcoming / Soon / URGENT)
- No-code setup in 15 minutes
- Administrative reminder only — not legal advice
Estimate what this could save you
3.6 hours/month
≈ $108/month in your time
A rough estimate based on what you enter above — not a guarantee. Actual time saved depends on your process.
Make it yours
- Add a same-day (0 days left) final alert for the most critical deadlines.
- Color-code or route by
urgencyto different Slack channels. - Add a weekly digest of all upcoming deadlines (not just the 7/3/1 triggers) for broader planning visibility.
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Save with the complete system: Legal Ops Bundle
Instead of buying separately: $68 — System: $29
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Structurally validated: automatically checked for valid n8n format before every deploy.
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Setup time
- ~15 min
- Integrations
- 3
- Node count
- 5
- Format
- .json + guide