Community Alignment and Best Practices While the n8n community doesn't enforce one single naming rule, the proposed convention, [STATUS] [Business Domain] - Business Outcome, aligns perfectly with the principles shared by experienced users and automation experts:
Scalability & Sortability: Power users often manage dozens or hundreds of workflows. Placing the [STATUS] (e.g., [PROD], [DEV]) at the beginning is a key operational practice. It allows you to sort your workflow list alphabetically and instantly group all production workflows together, which is critical for management and preventing errors.
Clarity at a Glance: The n8n community emphasizes creating workflows that are easy to understand. Using a [Business Domain] (e.g., [Marketing]) and a clear Business Outcome makes the purpose of the workflow immediately obvious to anyone on the team, reducing the need to open it to understand its function.
Maintainability: Workflows, like code, need to be maintained. A descriptive name acts as the first line of documentation. When you review a workflow six months from now, a name like [PROD] [Agent Services] - Automate CMA Report Generation is far more helpful than S11 - CMA.
This convention blends the operational discipline of DevOps (status-first naming) with the business-centric communication valued by leadership, representing a mature approach to workflow automation.
Created on 10/10/2025