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Create and share client folders from Google Sheets

Started by a change in a Google Sheet, and works across Google Drive and Google Sheets. 11 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

11 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 4Service 6

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

  1. 1When sheet row is addedGoogle Sheets triggerStarts it
  2. 2ConfigurationSetLogic
  3. 3Search for client folderGoogle DriveService
  4. 4Check if folder existsIfLogic
  5. 5Parse client emailsCodeLogic
  6. 6Create Client folderGoogle DriveService
  7. 7Loop over emailsSplit In BatchesLogic
  8. 8Create Documents subfolderGoogle DriveService
  9. 9Update sheet with folder URLGoogle SheetsService
  10. 10Share folder with clientGoogle DriveService
  11. 11Create Media subfolderGoogle DriveService

How it's built

Starts on
A change in a Google Sheet
Steps
11, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on a change in a Google Sheet.

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?

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.