# Capture an email and add it as a new row in Google Spreadsheets.: n8n workflow

> Started by an arriving email, and works across Gmail and Google Sheets. 2 steps: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/capture-an-email-and-add-it-as-a-new-row-in-google-spreadshe (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Capture an email and add it as a new row in Google Spreadsheets.

Started by an arriving email, and works across Gmail and Google Sheets. 2 steps: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Small

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**2 steps** Small: readable in one sitting

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Service 1

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

- 1 **Gmail** Gmail trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Google Sheets** Google Sheets *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An arriving email
- **Steps:** 2
- **Size:** Small: readable in one sitting
- **Connects to:** Gmail, Google Sheets
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail and Google Sheets accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an arriving email.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Not long. At 2 steps it can be read in one sitting and changed without fear.

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 2 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%2Fcapture-an-email-and-add-it-as-a-new-row-in-google-spreadshe)
- **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.

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

## Workflows like it

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

- [**Add new incoming emails to a Google Sheets spreadsheet as a new** 2 steps · Gmail, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/add-new-incoming-emails-to-a-google-sheets-spreadsheet-as-a-)
- [**Auto Save Important Emails to Google Sheets with Gmail** 2 steps · Gmail, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/auto-save-important-emails-to-google-sheets-with-gmail)
- [**Create ServiceM8 inbox message from new Google Sheets row** 2 steps · Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/create-servicem8-inbox-message-from-new-google-sheets-row)
- [**Log new Jmpy.me short links to Google Sheets** 2 steps · Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/log-new-jmpy-me-short-links-to-google-sheets)
- [**Read from a Google Sheets spreadsheet** 2 steps · Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/read-from-a-google-sheets-spreadsheet)
- [**Receive Google Sheet data with Google Sheets** 2 steps · Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/receive-google-sheet-data-with-google-sheets)