Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Reply to incoming IMAP emails with OpenAI and Slack

Started by an arriving email, and works across Email and Slack. 7 steps, 1 branch: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Small

7 stepsSmall: readable in one sitting
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Logic 3Service 4

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

  1. 1Read Unread EmailsEmail Read ImapService
  2. 2Extract Email FieldsSetLogic
  3. 3Generate AI ReplyHttp RequestService
  4. 4Parse AI ResponseCodeLogic
  5. 5High Confidence?IfLogic
  6. 6Send Auto-ReplyEmail SendService
  7. 7Flag for Human ReviewSlackService

How it's built

Starts on
An arriving email
Steps
7, with 1 branch
Size
Small: readable in one sitting
Connects to
Email, Slack
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email and Slack 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?

Not long. At 7 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 7 steps before you point it at anything that matters.