n8n automation
n8n automation agency.
Self-hosted, maintained and yours.
IrenicTech is an n8n automation agency for teams whose automations now carry real work. We build self-hosted n8n systems, migrate chains off Zapier and Make, and keep them running on a maintenance retainer. 8 of the 9 delivered systems we publish run on n8n, with every branch and the condition that fires it on the page.
The stack
What our n8n builds connect to
Who it is for
Who works with our n8n automation agency
Teams outgrowing Zapier or Make
A chain that once saved an hour now runs part of the business, and there is no clean way to retry one failed step or see why a run went wrong.
Healthcare and regulated teams
Workflow data has to stay in an environment you control, with access limits and an audit trail you can show.
Owners of an n8n instance nobody maintains
Someone built it and moved on. You need an n8n consultant to review it and an n8n developer to take it over.
Teams adding AI to a working process
An agent has to make a decision inside a workflow that already runs, with its output checked before it touches a record.
What we build
What we build on n8n
Self-hosted n8n
n8n on your own infrastructure or private cloud, with TLS through a reverse proxy, encryption at rest, monitoring, logging and a plan for updates. You own the instance and the workflows.
Zapier and Make migrations
We map what each chain actually does, including the failures it ignores, rebuild it in n8n and cut over one process at a time. Where a simple chain is the right answer, we leave it alone.
Agent steps with checks
OpenAI and Anthropic models making decisions inside the workflow. Extraction and validation run in sequence, so unchecked output never reaches your database.
Integrations
Systems we have connected through n8n include GoHighLevel, Jira, Confluence, Airtable, Monday.com, ClickUp, Twilio, WordPress and Google Workspace.
Failure handling
Webhooks acknowledged before processing, rate-limit buffers at external boundaries, writes guarded against double submits, and human approval where a mistake is expensive.
Maintenance retainers
Monitoring, n8n updates, credential rotation and changes when an upstream API moves, so the system keeps working after launch.
Running your pipeline in GoHighLevel too? Most of what we ship pairs the two, so see our GoHighLevel developers page.
Healthcare
HIPAA-aware n8n builds
We will not tell you n8n is HIPAA compliant, because n8n does not say so. n8n's security page covers its SOC 2 alignment and does not mention HIPAA or business associate agreements. n8n's post on regulated industries says self-hosting can help with data storage rules under HIPAA, and describes its controls as support for compliance. If you need a BAA from n8n, ask n8n directly.
Self-hosting changes who holds the data and who carries the work: n8n's security page leaves encryption at rest and TLS to self-hosters. You also need a BAA with your cloud host and with every vendor that touches patient data. In our published healthcare system we kept data in transit to a minimum, held no PHI in automation tools beyond what the workflow needs, reached the EHR through authenticated APIs only, and logged every automated action. Our healthcare software practice covers the wider picture.
Proof
n8n systems we have delivered
A sample of what is published. The full set is in our system teardowns, with client names and measured figures left out unless a client has cleared them.
Healthcare · Teardown
From first contact to attended visit, with no manual coordination
n8n runs the pipeline behind voice, form and chat intake, with GoHighLevel as the system of record and follow-up branching on attendance.
Read itSoftware product · Teardown
Every release ships with all of its content, or none of it ships
For Elementor: one orchestrator, four child workflows and six kinds of attachment, with every child workflow ending at a human approval.
Read itB2B sales · Teardown
From a spreadsheet to a CRM where a duplicate is never created
An 81-node workflow that matches every lead against what already exists before it writes anything, so a duplicate is never created.
Read itRegulatory compliance · Teardown
A compliance line that answers from the documentation, or says it cannot
A knowledge base behind a voice agent that maintains itself: a deletion in Drive removes the matching vectors in the same sync.
Read it
How it works
How an n8n engagement runs
Most productized engagements ship in weeks rather than quarters.
01
Audit what exists
Your current chains, their failure modes and what it costs you when one of them breaks.
02
Agree a fixed scope
A written scope and a fixed price for a sprint, or a quote after discovery for a larger platform.
03
Build and host
Workflows built on your instance, with credentials in a credential store rather than hardcoded.
04
Cut over
One process at a time, with your team checking results before the old chain is switched off.
05
Maintain
Runbooks at handover, then a retainer if you want us to keep it running.
n8n automation: common questions
What does an n8n agency do?
It designs, builds and maintains automations on n8n, usually connecting several systems and handling the failures a simple chain ignores. We also tell you what should stay out of n8n: a fixed chain that works can stay where it is.
Should we hire an n8n consultant or an n8n developer?
A consultant reviews what you have and tells you what to change. A developer builds it. Most teams need a short review followed by build work, and we do both, so the review turns into working systems.
Can you migrate our Zapier or Make automations to n8n?
Yes. We map each chain, rebuild it in n8n and cut over one process at a time. We also tell you when not to migrate, because Zapier and Make are the right answer for some simple chains.
Is n8n HIPAA compliant?
n8n's security page does not mention HIPAA or business associate agreements, so we do not describe n8n as compliant. Self-hosting keeps workflow data in an environment you control, and compliance then depends on how that environment and the workflows are built. Ask n8n directly for its current position.
Do you offer n8n maintenance?
Yes, on a retainer: monitoring, n8n updates, credential rotation and changes when an upstream API moves.
How much does an n8n build cost?
Price varies with scope. Productized sprints are fixed-price, and larger orchestration platforms are quoted after discovery, once we have seen the process.
Tell us what your automations have to handle
Send us the chain that keeps failing, or the process you have not dared to automate. We will tell you whether n8n is the right place for it.
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