Automation library · AI assistants

Classify and auto-reply to emails with Outlook and OpenAI

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Outlook. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 15 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

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

The flow

Starts it 1Model 8Service 6

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

  1. 1Microsoft Outlook TriggerMicrosoft Outlook triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAI Chat Model - ClassifierLm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3OpenAI Chat Model - UrgentLm Chat Open AiModel
  4. 4OpenAI Chat Model - ImportantLm Chat Open AiModel
  5. 5OpenAI Chat Model - StandardLm Chat Open AiModel
  6. 6AI Email ClassifierText ClassifierModel
  7. 7Generate Urgent ReplyAgentModel
  8. 8Generate Important ReplyAgentModel
  9. 9Generate Standard ReplyAgentModel
  10. 10Reply to Urgent EmailMicrosoft OutlookService
  11. 11Reply to Important EmailMicrosoft OutlookService
  12. 12Reply to Not Important EmailMicrosoft OutlookService
  13. 13Move to Urgent FolderMicrosoft OutlookService
  14. 14Move to Important FolderMicrosoft OutlookService
  15. 15Move to Not Important FolderMicrosoft OutlookService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
15
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. 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.