Automation library · Data collection

Generate & email personalized certificates from Google Forms

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

Small

8 stepsSmall: readable in one sitting
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
4Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 3Service 4

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

  1. 1Google Sheets TriggerGoogle Sheets triggerStarts it
  2. 2Extract essential dataSetLogic
  3. 3Score CheckerIfLogic
  4. 4Copy from your templateGoogle DriveService
  5. 5No Operation, do nothingNo OpLogic
  6. 6Replace textGoogle SlidesService
  7. 7Convert to PDFGoogle DriveService
  8. 8Send to user's emailGmailService

How it's built

Starts on
A change in a Google Sheet
Steps
8, with 1 branch
Size
Small: readable in one sitting
Connects to
Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Google Slides
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on a change in a Google Sheet.

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.