Rate limiting and waiting for external events
n8n template #1749Summary
Use templateTask: Control your data flow with rate limits and external cues Main use cases: Control the rate of items flow into one or more services in your workflow Wait for external events to occur before continuing with the rest of the workflow
How to set it up
- Open template #1749 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
- Create a credential under Credentials → Add credential: Customer Messenger (n8n training). Then open each of those nodes and pick the credential.
- Click Execute workflow and step through each node's output to confirm the data looks right.
- Toggle the workflow to Active so its trigger runs on its own.
Hand off to your agent
Prompt
Help me set up the n8n workflow "Rate limiting and waiting for external events" (https://n8n.io/workflows/1749). It uses: Customer Datastore (n8n training), Customer Messenger (n8n training). Import the template JSON into my n8n instance, list every credential I need to create, and walk me through testing it.
Paste into Claude Code and it will do the rest.
Apps and nodes
Customer Datastore (n8n training)Customer Messenger (n8n training)
Questions
Yes. Jonathan published it free on n8n.io as a verified creator, and it has 5,969 views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.
Customer Messenger (n8n training). The other 1 node are built into n8n.