Anonymous Whistleblower Intake n8n Workflow (Groq + Data Tables)

Anonymous Whistleblower Intake Made Simple with an n8n Workflow

This Anonymous Whistleblower Intake n8n Workflow (Groq + Data Tables) lets you collect confidential reports through an n8n Form, automatically triage them using urgency rules and Groq classification, and securely store cases in n8n Data Tables with EU-style acknowledgment and feedback due dates—plus a separate, access-code-protected status checker.

What this workflow does

• Collects reports anonymously: An n8n Form trigger receives a category, report text, and optional contact details.
• Applies urgency screening: The workflow loads policy settings and retrieves urgency rules from an n8n Data Table, then scans the report text using keyword/regex matches to generate a `case ID` and a one-time access code (stored as a SHA-256 hash).
• Uses Groq for triage support: The report text is sent to Groq to classify it into a single category and produce a neutral two-sentence summary, along with urgency and confidence scores.
• Computes deadlines and status: Rule-based points are combined with a capped model-derived score. The workflow computes acknowledgment and feedback due dates and assigns a case status: STANDARD, URGENT, or MANUAL_REVIEW when rules are missing.
• Creates a secure receipt for the reporter: It records the case (including deadlines, status, summary, and token hash) in an n8n Data Table and shows the reporter a one-time receipt with case number + access code (with different messaging for urgent cases).
• Status check with one-time access code: A second n8n Form accepts the access code, hashes it, validates it against the stored token hash, and returns the case status and due dates.

Use cases

• Building an anonymous whistleblower channel for SaaS operations without exposing case identifiers.
• Automating report triage and summarization for compliance-minded incident handling.
• Providing reporters a secure self-serve status page using an access-code lookup form.

Technical details

• n8n nodes: if, set, code, form, data table, sticky note
• Groq integration: category classification + neutral two-sentence summary + urgency/confidence scoring
• Data storage: n8n Data Tables, including SHA-256 token hash storage and case registers with due dates

Perfect for: n8n users, automation engineers, and SaaS operators who want an end-to-end, access-code-protected anonymous whistleblower intake workflow.