Automation library · Strategy and planning

Generate personalized startup ideas with Claude and Gmail

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Gmail. It puts Claude behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 19 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: ClaudeRetrieval

19 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 3Model 10Logic 5Service 1

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

  1. 1FormForm triggerStarts it
  2. 2Scheduled trigger once a daySchedule triggerStarts it
  3. 3When clicking ‘Execute workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  4. 4Idea Generator ParserOutput Parser StructuredModel
  5. 5Idea Generator ModelLm Chat AnthropicModel
  6. 6Idea Critic ModelLm Chat AnthropicModel
  7. 7Sentiment Analysis ModelLm Chat AnthropicModel
  8. 8Idea Critic ParserOutput Parser StructuredModel
  9. 9Sentiment Analysis ParserOutput Parser StructuredModel
  10. 10Simple MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  11. 11Prepare DataSetLogic
  12. 12My InformationSetLogic
  13. 13Idea Generator AgentAgentModel
  14. 14Idea Critic AgentAgentModel
  15. 15Sentiment AnalysisAgentModel
  16. 16Merge AnalysisMergeLogic
  17. 17Data AggregationCodeLogic
  18. 18Email CreatorCodeLogic
  19. 19Send Startup Idea via EmailGmailService

How it's built

Starts on
Someone submitting a form
Steps
19
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail
Model
Claude
Retrieval
Answers are drawn from documents you supply, not from the model alone

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail account, and a key for Claude. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone submitting a form.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls Claude. Its answers draw on documents you give it, not on the model alone. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 19 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 19 steps before you point it at anything that matters.