# Route Gmail PDF attachments to Google Drive with Slack: n8n workflow

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

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/route-gmail-pdf-attachments-to-google-drive-with-slack (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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

# 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.

Medium

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**15 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**4** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Logic 9 Service 4

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

- 1 **Daily Gmail PDF Intake Schedule** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Error Trigger** Error trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Set - Global Config** Set *Logic*
- 4 **Code - Format Error Notification** Code *Logic*
- 5 **Gmail - Search Unread PDFs** Gmail *Service*
- 6 **Switch: Notification Channel** Switch *Logic*
- 7 **Edit Fields - Normalize Email** Code *Logic*
- 8 **Slack - Send Notification** Slack *Service*
- 9 **Telegram - Send Notification** Telegram *Service*
- 10 **IF - Has PDF Attachments** If *Logic*
- 11 **Code - Split PDF Attachments** Code *Logic*
- 12 **Code - No PDF Summary** Code *Logic*
- 13 **Google Drive - Upload PDF** Google Drive *Service*
- 14 **Code - Format Notification** Code *Logic*
- 15 **Code - Build Notification Summary** Code *Logic*

## 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.

## 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%2Froute-gmail-pdf-attachments-to-google-drive-with-slack)
- **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.

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

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