Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Generate document drafts from PDFs with Google Drive

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

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

12 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 4Logic 2Service 5

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

  1. 1Google Drive TriggerGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3Download Google DriveGoogle DriveService
  4. 4Information ExtractorInformation ExtractorModel
  5. 5Extract from FileExtract From FileService
  6. 6Drafting AgentOpen AiModel
  7. 7Aggregate Extract TextCodeLogic
  8. 8CREATE GOOGLE DOCGoogle DocsService
  9. 9UPDATE Google DocsGoogle DocsService
  10. 10Email Summary AgentOpen AiModel
  11. 11Edit Email MessageSetLogic
  12. 12Send EmailGmailService

How it's built

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

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail, Google Docs 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.