Automation library · Chat assistants

Generate AI SOPs from Google Drive with OpenAI and Google Docs

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Gmail, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Sheets and one other. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 16 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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16 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
5Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 6Logic 3Service 6

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

  1. 1New or Updated Document TriggerGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAI Model for SOP StructureLm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3SOP Structure Output ParserOutput Parser StructuredModel
  4. 4OpenAI Model for RefinementLm Chat Open AiModel
  5. 5Refined SOP Output ParserOutput Parser StructuredModel
  6. 6Workflow ConfigurationSetLogic
  7. 7Generate SOP StructureAgentModel
  8. 8Refine for Clarity and ConsistencyAgentModel
  9. 9Download Document from DriveGoogle DriveService
  10. 10Check Quality ThresholdIfLogic
  11. 11Extract Text from DocumentExtract From FileService
  12. 12Create SOP DocumentGoogle DocsService
  13. 13Normalize Content and MetadataSetLogic
  14. 14Log SOP MetadataGoogle SheetsService
  15. 15Notify Operations TeamSlackService
  16. 16Email SOP to StakeholdersGmailService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
16, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Slack
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Sheets and Slack 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. 16 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 16 steps before you point it at anything that matters.