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File Google Drive inbox documents into dated folders

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive and Google Sheets. 15 steps, 4 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

15 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
4Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 5Service 9

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

  1. 1Watch Inbox FolderGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  2. 2Plan Destination From RulesCodeLogic
  3. 3Route By Document TypeSwitchLogic
  4. 4Log Filing FailureGoogle SheetsService
  5. 5Find Year FolderGoogle DriveService
  6. 6Year Folder Exists?IfLogic
  7. 7Find Month FolderGoogle DriveService
  8. 8Create Year FolderGoogle DriveService
  9. 9Month Folder Exists?IfLogic
  10. 10Find Type FolderGoogle DriveService
  11. 11Create Month FolderGoogle DriveService
  12. 12Type Folder Exists?IfLogic
  13. 13Move File Into FolderGoogle DriveService
  14. 14Create Type FolderGoogle DriveService
  15. 15Append Audit RowGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
15, with 4 branches
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 an event in a connected app.

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. 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.