Automation library · Lead generation

Draft personalized cold emails from Google Sheets with Apify

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Apify and Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 15 steps, 1 branch, 2 loops or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

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

The flow

Starts it 1Model 2Logic 7Service 5

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

  1. 1Start ManuallyManual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Read Leads from SheetsGoogle SheetsService
  3. 3Filter Pending LeadsFilterLogic
  4. 4Loop Through LeadsSplit In BatchesLogic
  5. 5Execute Apify ActorApifyService
  6. 6Fetch Dataset ItemsApifyService
  7. 7Combine Scraped TextCodeLogic
  8. 8Check Scrape SuccessIfLogic
  9. 9Send to OpenAI ModelOpen AiModel
  10. 10Update Failed Scrape StatusGoogle SheetsService
  11. 11Decide Email FramingCodeLogic
  12. 12Draft Email with OpenAIOpen AiModel
  13. 13Prepare Email Draft RowCodeLogic
  14. 14Update Draft in SheetsGoogle SheetsService
  15. 15Wait 8 SecondsWaitLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
15, with 1 branch, 2 loops or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Apify, Google Sheets
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Apify and Google Sheets accounts, and a key for OpenAI. 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 OpenAI. 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.