# Detect duplicate candidates from Gmail to Slack: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Gmail, Google Sheets and Slack. 8 steps, 1 branch: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/detect-duplicate-candidates-from-gmail-to-slack (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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

# Detect duplicate candidates from Gmail to Slack

Started by a clock, and works across Gmail, Google Sheets and Slack. 8 steps, 1 branch: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Small

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fdetect-duplicate-candidates-from-gmail-to-slack)

**8 steps** Small: readable in one sitting

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 3 Service 4

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

- 1 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Gmail** Gmail *Service*
- 3 **Code** Code *Logic*
- 4 **Google Sheets1** Google Sheets *Service*
- 5 **Code1** Code *Logic*
- 6 **If** If *Logic*
- 7 **Slack** Slack *Service*
- 8 **Google Sheets** Google Sheets *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 8, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Small: readable in one sitting
- **Connects to:** Gmail, Google Sheets, Slack
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

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?

Not long. At 8 steps it can be read in one sitting and changed without fear.

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 8 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%2Fdetect-duplicate-candidates-from-gmail-to-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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Also hiring, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**Parse resumes and score candidates from Gmail with ATS** 8 steps · Gmail, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/parse-resumes-and-score-candidates-from-gmail-with-ats)
- [**Automated resume review from Gmail with Pinecone RAG** 8 steps · calls a model · Gmail, Pinecone](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-resume-review-from-gmail-with-pinecone-rag)
- [**Daily applicant digest by role with Gemini** 8 steps · calls a model · Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/daily-applicant-digest-by-role-with-gemini)
- [**Generate AI-powered interview briefs from resumes** 8 steps · calls a model · Gmail, Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-ai-powered-interview-briefs-from-resumes)
- [**Process resumes from Google Drive to ClickUp with OpenAI** 8 steps · calls a model · ClickUp, Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/process-resumes-from-google-drive-to-clickup-with-openai)