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Approvals chaser

Nothing waits three days for a yes that takes thirty seconds.

By
Caleb and Ryan, the founders
Updated
September 2, 2026
Version
0.1, in the library
  • n8n
  • Zapier

Tracks anything waiting on an approval, reminds the approver with the context attached so they can decide from the message itself, and escalates on your schedule when silence continues. The requester stops being the nag; the system is.

Built, documented, running.

Part of the working library we deploy from on every engagement.

Bring this into a project

Runs on

  • n8n
  • Zapier

2 requirements, below.

  • Complete and documented: the same files we run ourselves.
  • Deployed and tuned to your stack as part of an engagement.

The file

Draft excerpt
# The ladder day 0: request sent, context attachedday 2: reminder with the same context, one tap to approveday 4: escalate to the fallback approveralways: the requester sees the state without asking

What is inside

3 items. Includes deployment guide.

  • flow.jsonThe tracker, the reminder ladder, the escalation
  • reminder-ladder.mdWhen to nudge, when to escalate, when to stop
  • guide.mdFitting the ladder to your approval culture

Who it is for

  • Work stalls in the gap between done and approved.
  • Approvers genuinely lose requests in their inbox.
  • Chasing signatures is somebody's unofficial job.

Requirements

  • A definable approval trigger (form, status change, or label)
  • A channel the approvers actually read

Where this sits

  1. This system

    Approvals chaser

    In the library, running.

  2. In your stack

    Deployed on an engagement

    The audit finds which system earns its place first; we install and tune it around how you work.

Changelog

  1. September 2, 2026In the library. Version 0.1 runs in our own operation.

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