Shopify VIP alerts: AI summary & Slack notification for big orders

VIP Radar: Instantly Spot & Summarize High-Value Shopify Orders with AI + Slack Alerts Automatically detect when a new Shopify order exceeds $200, fetch the customer’s purchase history, generate an AI-powered summary, and alert your team in Slack—so no VIP goes unnoticed. --- 🛠️ Workflow Overview | Feature | Description | |------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Trigger | Shopify “New Order” webhook | | Conditional Check | Filters for orders > $200 | | Data Enrichment | Pulls full order history for the customer from Shopify | | AI Summary | Uses OpenAI to summarize buying behavior | | Notification | Sends detailed alert to Slack with name, order total, and customer insights | | Fallback | Ignores low-value orders and terminates flow | --- 📘 What This Workflow Does This automation monitors your Shopify store and reacts to any high-value order (over $200). When triggered: 1. It fetches all past orders of that customer, 2. Summarizes the history using OpenAI, 3. Sends a full alert with context to your Slack channel. No more guessing who’s worth a closer look. Your team gets instant insights, and your VIPs get the attention they deserve. --- 🧩 Node-by-Node Breakdown 🔔 1. Trigger: New Shopify Order - Type: Shopify Trigger - Event: orders/create - Purpose: Starts workflow on new order - Pulls: Order total, customer ID, name, etc. 🔣 2. Set: Convert Order Total to Number - Ensures the totalprice is treated as a number for comparison. ❓ 3. If: Is Order > $200? - Condition: $json.totalprice > 200 - Yes → Continue - No → End workflow 🔗 4. HTTP: Fetch Customer Order History - Uses the Shopify Admin API to retrieve all orders from this customer. - Requires your Shopify access token. 🧾 5. Set: Convert Orders Array to String - Formats the order data so it's prompt-friendly for OpenAI. 🧠 6. LangChain Agent: Summarize Order History - Prompt: "Summarize the customer's order history for Slack. Here is their order data: {{ $json.orders }}" - Model: GPT-4o Mini (customizable) 📨 7. Slack: Send VIP Alert - Sends a rich message to a Slack channel. - Includes: - Customer name - Order value - Summary of past behavior 🧱 8. No-Op (Optional) - Used to safely end workflow if the order is not high-value. --- 🔧 How to Customize | What | How | |--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Order threshold | Change 200 in the If node | | Slack channel | Update channelId in the Slack node | | AI prompt style | Edit text in LangChain Agent node | | Shopify auth token | Replace shpatabc123xyz... with your actual private token | --- 🚀 Setup Instructions 1. Open n8n editor. 2. Go to Workflows → Import → Paste JSON. 3. Paste this workflow JSON. 4. Replace your Shopify token and Slack credentials. 5. Save and activate. 6. Place a test order in Shopify to watch it work. --- 💡 Real-World Use Cases - 🎯 Notify sales team when a potential VIP buys - 🛎️ Prep support reps with customer history - 📈 Detect repeat buyers and upsell opportunities --- 🔗 Resources & Support - 👨‍💻 Creator: Yaron Been - 📺 YouTube: NoFluff with Yaron Been - 🌐 Website: - 📩 Contact: Yaron@nofluff.online --- 🏷️ Tags shopify, #openai, #slack, #vip-customers, #automation, #n8n, #workflow, #ecommerce, #customer-insights, #ai-summaries, #gpt4o ---