Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Route Gmail PDF attachments to Google Drive with Slack

Started by a clock, and works across Gmail, Google Drive, Slack and Telegram. 15 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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15 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
4Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Logic 9Service 4

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

  1. 1Daily Gmail PDF Intake ScheduleSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Error TriggerError triggerStarts it
  3. 3Set - Global ConfigSetLogic
  4. 4Code - Format Error NotificationCodeLogic
  5. 5Gmail - Search Unread PDFsGmailService
  6. 6Switch: Notification ChannelSwitchLogic
  7. 7Edit Fields - Normalize EmailCodeLogic
  8. 8Slack - Send NotificationSlackService
  9. 9Telegram - Send NotificationTelegramService
  10. 10IF - Has PDF AttachmentsIfLogic
  11. 11Code - Split PDF AttachmentsCodeLogic
  12. 12Code - No PDF SummaryCodeLogic
  13. 13Google Drive - Upload PDFGoogle DriveService
  14. 14Code - Format NotificationCodeLogic
  15. 15Code - Build Notification SummaryCodeLogic

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
15, with 2 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Google Drive, Slack, Telegram
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

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. 15 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 15 steps before you point it at anything that matters.