Automation library · Lead generation

Automate personalized cold emails with Apollo and OpenAI

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Sheets and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 16 steps, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

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

The flow

Starts it 1Model 3Logic 6Service 6

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

  1. 1When clicking ‘Execute workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Create spreadsheetGoogle SheetsService
  3. 3EDIT Apollo URL + AmountSetLogic
  4. 4Call Apify ScraperHttp RequestService
  5. 5Receive Scraper's DataHttp RequestService
  6. 6Filter URL + EmailFilterLogic
  7. 7Keep FieldsSetLogic
  8. 8Loop Over ItemsSplit In BatchesLogic
  9. 9Send a messageSlackService
  10. 10Crawl Website ContentHttp RequestService
  11. 11HTTP -> Plain TextCodeLogic
  12. 12Website SummaryOpen AiModel
  13. 13Icebreaker WriterOpen AiModel
  14. 14Subject Line WriterOpen AiModel
  15. 15Save To SpreadsheetSetLogic
  16. 16Append or update row in sheetGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
16, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Sheets, Slack
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets and Slack accounts, and a key for 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 OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 16 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 16 steps before you point it at anything that matters.