Automation library · Lead generation

Generate cold email icebreakers and subject lines

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 9 steps, 1 branch, 2 loops or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

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

The flow

Starts it 1Model 1Logic 5Service 2

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

  1. 1When clicking 'Execute workflow'Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Read Lead SheetGoogle SheetsService
  3. 3Filter Empty RowsFilterLogic
  4. 4Limit to 200 LeadsLimitLogic
  5. 5Process One by OneSplit In BatchesLogic
  6. 6Needs Icebreaker?IfLogic
  7. 7Generate IcebreakerOpen AiModel
  8. 8Write Results to SheetGoogle SheetsService
  9. 9Rate Limit DelayWaitLogic

How it's built

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

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets account, 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. 9 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 9 steps before you point it at anything that matters.