# AI-powered cover letter generator with Google Docs: n8n workflow

> Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Docs. It hands the judgement calls to OpenRouter.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/ai-powered-cover-letter-generator-with-google-docs (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Hiring](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Hiring#library)

# AI-powered cover letter generator with Google Docs

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Docs. It hands the judgement calls to OpenRouter. 9 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenRouter

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fai-powered-cover-letter-generator-with-google-docs)

**9 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Model 3 Logic 1 Service 3

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **On form submission** Form trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Structured Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 3 **OpenRouter Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Router *Model*
- 4 **When Executed by Another Workflow** Execute Workflow trigger *Starts it*
- 5 **Configuration** Set *Logic*
- 6 **Write Cover Letter** Agent *Model*
- 7 **Create Cover Letter** Google Docs *Service*
- 8 **Populate Cover Letter** Google Docs *Service*
- 9 **Download Cover Letter** Form *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone submitting a form
- **Steps:** 9
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Docs
- **Model:** OpenRouter

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Docs account, and a key for OpenRouter. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone submitting a form.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenRouter. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 9 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 9 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fai-powered-cover-letter-generator-with-google-docs)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Google Docs](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Docs#library)

## Workflows like it

Also hiring, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**Raw hiring transcripts into briefs & scorecards** 8 steps · calls a model · Google Docs](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/raw-hiring-transcripts-into-briefs-and-scorecards)
- [**Automated resume screening & ranking with Llama** 11 steps · calls a model · Gmail, Google Docs](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-resume-screening-and-ranking-with-llama)
- [**Generate tailored resumes and cover letters with OpenRouter** 13 steps · calls a model · Google Docs, Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-tailored-resumes-and-cover-letters-with-openrouter)
- [**Tailor your CV and cover letter to each job with Gemini** 13 steps · calls a model · Google Docs, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/tailor-your-cv-and-cover-letter-to-each-job-with-gemini)
- [**Send job vacancy CV emails with Google Sheets and Docs** 4 steps · Gmail, Google Docs](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/send-job-vacancy-cv-emails-with-google-sheets-and-docs)