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Organize Gmail attachments in Google Drive folders based on

Started by an arriving email, and works across Gmail and Google Drive. 16 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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16 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 3Logic 8Service 5

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

  1. 1Gmail TriggerGmail triggerStarts it
  2. 2When clicking ‘Execute workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  3. 3When Executed by Another WorkflowExecute Workflow triggerStarts it
  4. 4Get emailsGmailService
  5. 5Upload attachmentGoogle DriveService
  6. 6Loop Over ItemsSplit In BatchesLogic
  7. 7Get emailGmailService
  8. 8Contain attachments?IfLogic
  9. 9Split OutSplit OutLogic
  10. 10Search foldersGoogle DriveService
  11. 11Get attachmentsCodeLogic
  12. 12Exist?IfLogic
  13. 13MergeMergeLogic
  14. 14Folder IDSetLogic
  15. 15Create folderGoogle DriveService
  16. 16Execute WorkflowExecute WorkflowLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An arriving email
Steps
16, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Google Drive
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail and Google Drive accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an arriving email.

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. 16 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 16 steps before you point it at anything that matters.