Job 5 fsm decision engine

★ 6.9 · n8n · medium · 8 nodes

Job 5 fsm decision engine is an n8n automation template implementing a finite-state machine (FSM) decision engine for managing candidate application statuses, with state persistence in Postgres. Reach for it when candidates keep falling through the cracks between pipeline stages, when application statuses need to change automatically without manual updates, or when you need a full audit trail of every status transition per application. This template is part of a six-workflow series (Job 1–6) covering the complete recruiting email pipeline — intake, classification, matching, and logging — while this workflow specifically handles FSM decision logic. Trigger: manual. Integrations: Postgres, used to store current states and transition history. The workflow drives state transitions inside the pipeline rather than ingesting or parsing incoming emails (those are handled by the companion Job 1–4 workflows in the series). Suitable for recruiters and HR teams running n8n self-hosted or cloud; requires a configured Postgres connection.