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Daily Gmail inbox digest to Discord with OpenAI and PDF

Started by a clock, and works across Discord and Gmail. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 11 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

11 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 2Logic 4Service 4

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

  1. 1Schedule TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAI Chat Model1Lm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3get mails from past 24 hGmailService
  4. 4Summarization ChainChain SummarizationModel
  5. 5extract required sections from mailsCodeLogic
  6. 6separate text and markdownCodeLogic
  7. 7AggregateAggregateLogic
  8. 8MarkdownMarkdownLogic
  9. 9PDFco ApiPDFco ApiService
  10. 10HTTP RequestHttp RequestService
  11. 11DiscordDiscordService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
11
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Discord, Gmail
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Discord and Gmail accounts, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

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. 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.