# Create Gmail drafts from business cards with Google Drive: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Discord, Gmail, Google Drive and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to Gemini.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/create-gmail-drafts-from-business-cards-with-google-drive (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Lead generation](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Lead+generation#library)

# Create Gmail drafts from business cards with Google Drive

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Discord, Gmail, Google Drive and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to Gemini. 19 steps, 3 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: Gemini

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**19 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**3** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**4** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 1 Logic 8 Service 9

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

- 1 **When clicking 'Execute workflow'** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Settings** Set *Logic*
- 3 **Search Business Cards** Google Drive *Service*
- 4 **Download Card Image** Google Drive *Service*
- 5 **Extract Card Data with Gemini** Google Gemini *Model*
- 6 **Parse OCR Result** Code *Logic*
- 7 **Has Valid Email?** If *Logic*
- 8 **Build Email Content** Set *Logic*
- 9 **Build Review Message** Set *Logic*
- 10 **Attach a File?** If *Logic*
- 11 **Route Notification Channel** Switch *Logic*
- 12 **Download Attachment from Drive** Google Drive *Service*
- 13 **Create Draft without Attachment** Gmail *Service*
- 14 **Notify Slack** Slack *Service*
- 15 **Notify Discord** Discord *Service*
- 16 **Notify Chatwork** Http Request *Service*
- 17 **Create Draft with Attachment** Gmail *Service*
- 18 **Move Card to Processed Folder** Google Drive *Service*
- 19 **Build Success Message** Set *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 19, with 3 branches
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Discord, Gmail, Google Drive, Slack
- **Model:** Gemini

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Discord, Gmail, Google Drive 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 event in a connected app.

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. 19 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 19 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%2Fcreate-gmail-drafts-from-business-cards-with-google-drive)
- **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.

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

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