You are helping me build the following AI agent workflow.

## Goal
Press Pass Verification & Badge Creation: When a journalist applies via webhook, the agent verifies their email, generates a branded digital badge with a QR code.

## Specification
- What it does: Receive a verified press pass instantly when you apply as a journalist, with your digital badge featuring a unique QR code sent directly to your inbox. This process automatically confirms your media affiliation via email validation before generating your professional credentials and notifying event organizers through Slack.
- Trigger: Triggered by an event (Event · on new application via webhook)
- Autonomy: Fully hands-off
- Expected setup effort: about an afternoon
- Tools/services involved:
  - n8n: Workflow orchestration and automation logic
  - VerifiEmail API: Validating journalist email domains and identity
  - HTMLCSSToImage API: Generating branded digital press pass images with QR codes
  - Gmail: Sending verified badges and instructions to journalists
  - Slack: Notifying event organizers of new credentials issued

## Known pitfalls, handle each one explicitly in your implementation
1. VerifiEmail API calls may fail for obscure blogs so implement a fallback rule that allows manual review instead of auto-rejecting.
2. HTMLCSSToImage rendering can truncate long names or titles if the CSS container width is not set to auto-expand dynamically.
3. Gmail sending limits might block bulk badge distribution so add a delay node between emails to stay within daily quotas.
4. QR code generation must include error correction level Q or higher to ensure badges remain scannable even if printed on low-quality paper.

## Reference implementation
https://n8n.io/workflows/10793 (workflow template)
Fetch and inspect this before building. If it matches my stack, adapt it;
if not, rebuild the pattern with my tools.

## Process requirements
1. Before building: ask me which of the listed tools I actually use and
   what my platform is (n8n / Make / code / other). Do not assume.
2. Adapt the pattern to my answers; do not force the reference stack.
3. Address every pitfall above; tell me how you handled each.
4. Provide a test plan I can run before letting this touch real data.
5. Ask before any step that sends messages, modifies data, or spends money.

Source: https://usecasesforagents.com/use-case/automated-press-pass-verification-badge-creation/ via usecasesforagents.com