# Classify Gmail intents with Gemini and Slack: n8n workflow

> Started by an arriving email, and works across Gmail, Google Sheets and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to Gemini.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/classify-gmail-intents-with-gemini-and-slack (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Classify Gmail intents with Gemini and Slack

Started by an arriving email, and works across Gmail, Google Sheets and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to Gemini. 15 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: Gemini

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**15 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 1 Logic 5 Service 8

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

- 1 **Watch New Unread Emails** Gmail trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Extract Sender Subject Body** Set *Logic*
- 3 **Bundle Emails for AI** Aggregate *Logic*
- 4 **Classify Intent and Generate Actions** Google Gemini *Model*
- 5 **Parse AI JSON Response** Code *Logic*
- 6 **Split AI Results Per Email** Split Out *Logic*
- 7 **Route by Email Intent** Switch *Logic*
- 8 **Create Gmail Draft Reply** Gmail *Service*
- 9 **Send Urgent Slack Complaint Alert** Slack *Service*
- 10 **Log FYI to Sheet** Google Sheets *Service*
- 11 **Log Spam to Sheet** Google Sheets *Service*
- 12 **Send Slack Alert for Drafted Email** Slack *Service*
- 13 **Create Google Task for Complaint** Google Tasks *Service*
- 14 **Log Question or Request to Sheet** Google Sheets *Service*
- 15 **Log Complaint to Sheet** Google Sheets *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An arriving email
- **Steps:** 15, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Gmail, Google Sheets, Slack
- **Model:** Gemini

## Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on an arriving email.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls Gemini. 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.

## 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%2Fclassify-gmail-intents-with-gemini-and-slack)
- **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)[Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Slack#library)

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