Automation library · AI assistants

Automated email replies with OpenAI and Outlook

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Outlook. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 11 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

11 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 4Logic 3Service 3

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

  1. 1Tool: Inject CreativityTool ThinkModel
  2. 2Parser: Extract JSON from IdeaOutput Parser StructuredModel
  3. 3openaiLm Chat Open AiModel
  4. 4TestManual triggerStarts it
  5. 5AI Agent: Create caption for linkedinAgentModel
  6. 6Output Today's DateCodeLogic
  7. 7gotoHumanGoto HumanService
  8. 8Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft OutlookService
  9. 9IfIfLogic
  10. 10Loop Over ItemsSplit In BatchesLogic
  11. 11Microsoft Outlook1Microsoft OutlookService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
11, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Outlook
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Outlook account, 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. 11 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 11 steps before you point it at anything that matters.