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Automate email classification & summary with Gmail and OpenAI

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Gmail and Notion. It hands the judgement calls to Azure OpenAI. 9 steps, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: Azure OpenAI

9 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 2Logic 4Service 2

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

  1. 1Azure OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Azure Open AiModel
  2. 2When clicking ‘Execute workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  3. 3Basic LLM ChainChain LlmModel
  4. 4Get Unread EmailsGmailService
  5. 5Format SummaryCodeLogic
  6. 6Split EmailsSplit In BatchesLogic
  7. 7Aggregate SummaryAggregateLogic
  8. 8Edit FieldsSetLogic
  9. 9Send to NotionNotionService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
9, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Notion
Model
Azure OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls Azure OpenAI. 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.