Placeholders

How placeholders work

Workflows contain template tokens like {{FLEXCRED_ANTHROPIC_ID_DERCXELF}} that get replaced at deployment time with real values. This is how Codika makes a single workflow definition work for multiple users, each with their own credentials and configuration. Pattern: {{TYPE_KEY_SUFFIX}}

TYPE: The placeholder category (e.g., FLEXCRED, USERDATA)
KEY: The specific value being referenced (e.g., ANTHROPIC_ID, PROCESS_INSTANCE_UID)
SUFFIX: The type name reversed (e.g., FLEXCRED → DERCXELF)

The reversed suffix ensures placeholder patterns are unique and cannot collide with real data.

Complete reference

PROCDATA — Process-level values

Suffix: _ATADCORP | Replaced at: First deployment Values derived from the process (project) itself. Same for all users.

Placeholder	Value
`{{PROCDATA_PROCESS_ID_ATADCORP}}`	The process/project ID
`{{PROCDATA_NAMESPACE_ATADCORP}}`	Process namespace

Common usage: Webhook paths, API URLs

"path": "{{PROCDATA_PROCESS_ID_ATADCORP}}/{{USERDATA_PROCESS_INSTANCE_UID_ATADRESU}}/analyze"

USERDATA — Per-user runtime values

Suffix: _ATADRESU | Replaced at: Instance deployment Values specific to each user’s installation.

Placeholder	Value
`{{USERDATA_PROCESS_INSTANCE_UID_ATADRESU}}`	User’s process instance ID
`{{USERDATA_USER_ID_ATADRESU}}`	User’s unique ID
`{{USERDATA_ORGANIZATION_ID_ATADRESU}}`	User’s organization ID

Common usage: Webhook IDs, Codika Init parameters

"webhookId": "{{USERDATA_PROCESS_INSTANCE_UID_ATADRESU}}"

MEMSECRT — Member-level secrets

Suffix: _TRCESMEM | Replaced at: Instance deployment Per-user secrets for platform API authentication.

Placeholder	Value
`{{MEMSECRT_EXECUTION_AUTH_TRCESMEM}}`	Execution authentication token

Common usage: Codika Init node for schedule/service event triggers

"memberSecret": "{{MEMSECRT_EXECUTION_AUTH_TRCESMEM}}"

FLEXCRED — Flexible AI credentials

Suffix: _DERCXELF | Replaced at: Deployment AI provider credentials with fallback logic: uses the organization’s own API key if configured, otherwise falls back to Codika’s shared keys (pay-per-use credits).

Provider	ID placeholder	Name placeholder
Anthropic	`{{FLEXCRED_ANTHROPIC_ID_DERCXELF}}`	`{{FLEXCRED_ANTHROPIC_NAME_DERCXELF}}`
OpenAI	`{{FLEXCRED_OPENAI_ID_DERCXELF}}`	`{{FLEXCRED_OPENAI_NAME_DERCXELF}}`
Tavily	`{{FLEXCRED_TAVILY_ID_DERCXELF}}`	`{{FLEXCRED_TAVILY_NAME_DERCXELF}}`
Google Gemini	`{{FLEXCRED_GOOGLE_GEMINI_ID_DERCXELF}}`	`{{FLEXCRED_GOOGLE_GEMINI_NAME_DERCXELF}}`
X AI	`{{FLEXCRED_X_AI_ID_DERCXELF}}`	`{{FLEXCRED_X_AI_NAME_DERCXELF}}`
Open Router	`{{FLEXCRED_OPEN_ROUTER_ID_DERCXELF}}`	`{{FLEXCRED_OPEN_ROUTER_NAME_DERCXELF}}`
Mistral	`{{FLEXCRED_MISTRAL_ID_DERCXELF}}`	`{{FLEXCRED_MISTRAL_NAME_DERCXELF}}`
Cohere	`{{FLEXCRED_COHERE_ID_DERCXELF}}`	`{{FLEXCRED_COHERE_NAME_DERCXELF}}`
Deep Seek	`{{FLEXCRED_DEEP_SEEK_ID_DERCXELF}}`	`{{FLEXCRED_DEEP_SEEK_NAME_DERCXELF}}`

Common usage: LLM model credentials

"credentials": {
  "anthropicApi": {
    "id": "{{FLEXCRED_ANTHROPIC_ID_DERCXELF}}",
    "name": "{{FLEXCRED_ANTHROPIC_NAME_DERCXELF}}"
  }
}

USERCRED — User integration credentials

Suffix: _DERCRESU | Replaced at: Instance deployment OAuth tokens from the user’s connected integrations.

Integration	ID placeholder	Name placeholder
Gmail	`{{USERCRED_GOOGLE_GMAIL_ID_DERCRESU}}`	`{{USERCRED_GOOGLE_GMAIL_NAME_DERCRESU}}`
Google Sheets	`{{USERCRED_GOOGLE_SHEETS_ID_DERCRESU}}`	`{{USERCRED_GOOGLE_SHEETS_NAME_DERCRESU}}`
Google Drive	`{{USERCRED_GOOGLE_DRIVE_ID_DERCRESU}}`	`{{USERCRED_GOOGLE_DRIVE_NAME_DERCRESU}}`
Google Calendar	`{{USERCRED_GOOGLE_CALENDAR_ID_DERCRESU}}`	`{{USERCRED_GOOGLE_CALENDAR_NAME_DERCRESU}}`
Microsoft (Teams, Outlook)	`{{USERCRED_MICROSOFT_ID_DERCRESU}}`	`{{USERCRED_MICROSOFT_NAME_DERCRESU}}`
Calendly	`{{USERCRED_CALENDLY_ID_DERCRESU}}`	`{{USERCRED_CALENDLY_NAME_DERCRESU}}`
Notion	`{{USERCRED_NOTION_ID_DERCRESU}}`	`{{USERCRED_NOTION_NAME_DERCRESU}}`

Common usage: n8n node credentials

"credentials": {
  "gmailOAuth2": {
    "id": "{{USERCRED_GOOGLE_GMAIL_ID_DERCRESU}}",
    "name": "{{USERCRED_GOOGLE_GMAIL_NAME_DERCRESU}}"
  }
}

ORGCRED — Organization-level credentials

Suffix: _DERCGRO | Replaced at: Deployment Credentials shared across the entire organization (e.g., a shared Slack workspace token).

Integration	ID placeholder	Name placeholder
Slack	`{{ORGCRED_SLACK_ID_DERCGRO}}`	`{{ORGCRED_SLACK_NAME_DERCGRO}}`
WhatsApp	`{{ORGCRED_WHATSAPP_ID_DERCGRO}}`	`{{ORGCRED_WHATSAPP_NAME_DERCGRO}}`
Pipedrive	`{{ORGCRED_PIPEDRIVE_ID_DERCGRO}}`	`{{ORGCRED_PIPEDRIVE_NAME_DERCGRO}}`
Folk CRM	`{{ORGCRED_FOLK_ID_DERCGRO}}`	`{{ORGCRED_FOLK_NAME_DERCGRO}}`

ORGSECRET — Organization secrets

Suffix: _TERCESORG | Replaced at: Deployment Configuration values stored at the organization level.

Placeholder	Value
`{{ORGSECRET_N8N_BASE_URL_TERCESORG}}`	Organization’s n8n instance URL
`{{ORGSECRET_ERROR_WORKFLOW_ID_TERCESORG}}`	Platform error handler workflow ID

Common usage: Workflow settings, webhook URLs

"settings": {
  "errorWorkflow": "{{ORGSECRET_ERROR_WORKFLOW_ID_TERCESORG}}"
}

SYSCREDS — System-level credentials

Suffix: _SDERCSYS | Replaced at: Deployment Platform-level system credentials managed by Codika.

Placeholder	Value
`{{SYSCREDS_ANTHROPIC_ID_SDERCSYS}}`	System Anthropic API key

INSTPARM — Deployment parameters

Suffix: _MRAPTSNI | Replaced at: Instance deployment User-configured values set during process installation. Defined in getDeploymentInputSchema().

// In Code nodes — no extra quotes needed, context-aware serialization
const companyName = {{INSTPARM_COMPANY_NAME_MRAPTSNI}};     // String → "Acme Corp"
const maxItems = {{INSTPARM_MAX_ITEMS_MRAPTSNI}};           // Number → 50
const enableFeature = {{INSTPARM_ENABLE_FEATURE_MRAPTSNI}}; // Boolean → true
const domains = {{INSTPARM_ALLOWED_DOMAINS_MRAPTSNI}};      // Array → ["a.com","b.com"]

See Deployment Parameters for full usage guide.

INSTCRED — Instance-level credentials

Suffix: _DERCTSNI | Replaced at: Instance deployment Per-deployment database connections or service credentials.

Placeholder	Value
`{{INSTCRED_SUPABASE_ID_DERCTSNI}}`	Supabase connection
`{{INSTCRED_POSTGRESQL_ID_DERCTSNI}}`	PostgreSQL connection

SUBWKFL — Sub-workflow references

Suffix: _LFKWBUS | Replaced at: Deployment Resolved n8n workflow IDs for sub-workflows. The key is the sub-workflow’s workflowTemplateId.

// In Execute Workflow node
"workflowId": {
  "__rl": true,
  "mode": "id",
  "value": "{{SUBWKFL_text-processor_LFKWBUS}}"
}

See Sub-Workflows for the full pattern.

Replacement timeline

When	Placeholder types replaced
First deployment (process creation)	PROCDATA, ORGSECRET, SYSCREDS
Instance deployment (per-user)	USERDATA, MEMSECRT, USERCRED, ORGCRED, FLEXCRED, INSTPARM, INSTCRED, SUBWKFL

Validation

The CLI validates placeholder syntax via the CK-PLACEHOLDERS rule:

codika verify use-case ./my-use-case

Common issues:

Wrong suffix (e.g., using _DERCXELF for a USERCRED placeholder)
Typo in type name
Missing closing }}

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How placeholders work

Complete reference

PROCDATA — Process-level values

USERDATA — Per-user runtime values

MEMSECRT — Member-level secrets

FLEXCRED — Flexible AI credentials

USERCRED — User integration credentials

ORGCRED — Organization-level credentials

ORGSECRET — Organization secrets

SYSCREDS — System-level credentials

INSTPARM — Deployment parameters

INSTCRED — Instance-level credentials

SUBWKFL — Sub-workflow references

Replacement timeline

Validation

​How placeholders work

​Complete reference

​PROCDATA — Process-level values

​USERDATA — Per-user runtime values

​MEMSECRT — Member-level secrets

​FLEXCRED — Flexible AI credentials

​USERCRED — User integration credentials

​ORGCRED — Organization-level credentials

​ORGSECRET — Organization secrets

​SYSCREDS — System-level credentials

​INSTPARM — Deployment parameters

​INSTCRED — Instance-level credentials

​SUBWKFL — Sub-workflow references

​Replacement timeline

​Validation

How placeholders work

Complete reference

PROCDATA — Process-level values

USERDATA — Per-user runtime values

MEMSECRT — Member-level secrets

FLEXCRED — Flexible AI credentials

USERCRED — User integration credentials

ORGCRED — Organization-level credentials

ORGSECRET — Organization secrets

SYSCREDS — System-level credentials

INSTPARM — Deployment parameters

INSTCRED — Instance-level credentials

SUBWKFL — Sub-workflow references

Replacement timeline

Validation