# Load and summarize Google Drive files with OpenAI: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/load-and-summarize-google-drive-files-with-openai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Research and reporting](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Research+and+reporting#library)

# Load and summarize Google Drive files with OpenAI

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 6 steps: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Small Calls a model: OpenAI

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fload-and-summarize-google-drive-files-with-openai)

**6 steps** Small: readable in one sitting

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 4 Service 1

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

- 1 **When clicking "Execute Workflow"** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **OpenAI Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Token Splitter1** Text Splitter Token Splitter *Model*
- 4 **Google Drive** Google Drive *Service*
- 5 **Summarization Chain** Chain Summarization *Model*
- 6 **Default Data Loader** Document Default Data Loader *Model*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 6
- **Size:** Small: readable in one sitting
- **Connects to:** Google Drive
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive 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?

Not long. At 6 steps it can be read in one sitting and changed without fear.

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 6 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%2Fload-and-summarize-google-drive-files-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.

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

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