n8n Zero to Hero · Level 1: The Automation Playground · Episode 07
The Sticky Note Trick
Your workflow has 4 nodes now — time to label it before it turns into a mess.
What this episode is about
Our robot's workflow has grown to four nodes, and it's starting to look like a wall of boxes with no explanation. Today we fix that with Sticky Notes: right-click anywhere on the canvas to drop one down, then use simple markdown — ## for a bold heading, ** for bold text — to label what's underneath. We add one note over the id card node, then a bigger one grouping the rest of the workflow, changing its color so the two sections are easy to tell apart at a glance. This workflow is simple enough not to strictly need them yet, but it's exactly the habit that saves you later, once things get complex.
What you'll learn
- Adding a Sticky Note by right-clicking the canvas
- Formatting a sticky note with markdown: ## for a heading, ** for bold
- Resizing a sticky note to group several nodes underneath it
- Changing a sticky note's color so sections are easy to tell apart
- Why sticky notes are for humans reading your workflow, not for n8n running it