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AI-Powered Customer Email Auto Responder with OpenAI

Started by an arriving email, and works across Email. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 15 steps, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

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15 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Model 2Logic 11Service 2

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

  1. 1Email TriggerEmail Read ImapService
  2. 2OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3Deduplicate EmailsCodeLogic
  4. 4AI AgentAgentModel
  5. 5Extract Message TextCodeLogic
  6. 6Format AI Email HTMLCodeLogic
  7. 7Filter Marketing EmailsCodeLogic
  8. 8WaitWaitLogic
  9. 9Extract Email DataSetLogic
  10. 10Block self replyCodeLogic
  11. 11Extract customer messageCodeLogic
  12. 12Send EmailEmail SendService
  13. 13Extract Customer EmailCodeLogic
  14. 14Pass Email DataCodeLogic
  15. 15Limit email contentCodeLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An arriving email
Steps
15, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Email
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on an arriving email.

Does it use AI?

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

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 15 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 15 steps before you point it at anything that matters.