# Generate cold outreach drafts from Google Sheets with OpenAI: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Gmail and Google Sheets. 11 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-cold-outreach-drafts-from-google-sheets-with-openai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Lead generation](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Lead+generation#library)

# Generate cold outreach drafts from Google Sheets with OpenAI

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Gmail and Google Sheets. 11 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**11 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 5 Service 5

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

- 1 **Manual Trigger** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Read Business Data** Google Sheets *Service*
- 3 **Filter Unsent Emails** If *Logic*
- 4 **Personalize Email (ChatGPT)** Http Request *Service*
- 5 **Generate Subject (ChatGPT)** Http Request *Service*
- 6 **Merge Subject and Body** Merge *Logic*
- 7 **Prepare Email Draft** Set *Logic*
- 8 **Create Email Draft** Gmail *Service*
- 9 **Prepare Sheet Update** Set *Logic*
- 10 **Update Google Sheet** Google Sheets *Service*
- 11 **Rate Limit Wait** Wait *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 11, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Gmail, Google Sheets
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail 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. 11 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 11 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fgenerate-cold-outreach-drafts-from-google-sheets-with-openai)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Gmail#library)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)

## Workflows like it

Also lead generation, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**AI cold email personalization with Apify and Google Sheets** 11 steps · Apify, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/ai-cold-email-personalization-with-apify-and-google-sheets)
- [**AI cold email personalization with Apify and Google Sheets** 11 steps · Apify, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/ai-cold-email-personalization-with-apify-and-google-sheets-2)
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