Automation library · AI assistants

Outlook Client Email Sorting Agent with OpenAI

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Outlook. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 12 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

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

The flow

Starts it 2Model 3Logic 4Service 3

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

  1. 1Manual TriggerManual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Microsoft Outlook Trigger1Microsoft Outlook triggerStarts it
  3. 3OpenAI Chat Model1Lm Chat Open AiModel
  4. 4Structured Output Parser1Output Parser StructuredModel
  5. 5Get Inbox Messages1Microsoft OutlookService
  6. 6Merge Triggers1MergeLogic
  7. 7Email Triage Agent1AgentModel
  8. 8Get Folders1Microsoft OutlookService
  9. 9Should Move Email?1IfLogic
  10. 10Merge Email Data1CodeLogic
  11. 11Find Folder ID1CodeLogic
  12. 12Move a message1Microsoft OutlookService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
12, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Outlook
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Outlook 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?

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.