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Generate C API HTML docs from Google Drive headers with OpenAI

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Gmail and Google Drive. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 12 steps, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

12 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 1Logic 5Service 5

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

  1. 1When clicking ‘Execute workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Get all files from folderGoogle DriveService
  3. 3Filter .h files onlyCodeLogic
  4. 4Process one file at a timeSplit In BatchesLogic
  5. 5Build email bodyCodeLogic
  6. 6Download fileGoogle DriveService
  7. 7Send completion emailGmailService
  8. 8Extract from File2Extract From FileService
  9. 9Extract structured docs (GPT-4o)Open AiModel
  10. 10Parse JSON responseCodeLogic
  11. 11Generate HTMLCodeLogic
  12. 12Save PDF to Google DriveGoogle DriveService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
12, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Google Drive
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail and Google Drive 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. 12 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 12 steps before you point it at anything that matters.