# Send low-stock inventory reorder emails from Snowflake: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Google Docs and Outlook. It hands the judgement calls to Claude.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/send-low-stock-inventory-reorder-emails-from-snowflake (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Send low-stock inventory reorder emails from Snowflake

Started by a clock, and works across Google Docs and Outlook. It hands the judgement calls to Claude. 17 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: Claude

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**17 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 2 Logic 10 Service 4

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

- 1 **When 7am Daily** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Claude Email Generation** Lm Chat Anthropic *Model*
- 3 **Send Error Alert** Microsoft Outlook *Service*
- 4 **Workflow Config** Set *Logic*
- 5 **Build Email Draft** Chain Llm *Model*
- 6 **Query Snowflake DB** Snowflake *Service*
- 7 **Convert Markdown to HTML** Markdown *Logic*
- 8 **If Low Stock Exists** If *Logic*
- 9 **Check Configured Doc ID** If *Logic*
- 10 **Group Items by Supplier** Code *Logic*
- 11 **Pass Through** No Op *Logic*
- 12 **Log to Google Docs** Google Docs *Service*
- 13 **Skip Logging** No Op *Logic*
- 14 **Loop Over Suppliers** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 15 **Send Reorder Email** Microsoft Outlook *Service*
- 16 **Set Supplier Details** Set *Logic*
- 17 **Complete Vendor Process** No Op *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 17, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Docs, Outlook
- **Model:** Claude

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Docs and Outlook accounts, and a key for Claude. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls Claude. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 17 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 17 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%2Fsend-low-stock-inventory-reorder-emails-from-snowflake)
- **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.

[Google Docs](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Docs#library)[Outlook](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Outlook#library)

## Workflows like it

Also e-commerce, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

- [**Automate purchase order form submissions** 16 steps · calls a model · Outlook](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-purchase-order-form-submissions)
- [**Auto-create Geotab zone for new Salesforce work order** 14 steps · Outlook, Salesforce](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/auto-create-geotab-zone-for-new-salesforce-work-order)