Automation library · AI assistants

Send multi-city weather forecasts with OpenAI and Gmail

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Gmail. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 12 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

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

The flow

Starts it 1Model 1Logic 7Service 3

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

  1. 1TRIGGER - Input City NamesForm triggerStarts it
  2. 2JS - Normalize City InputsCodeLogic
  3. 3HTTP - OWM GeocodingHttp RequestService
  4. 4MERGE - Pair CitiesMergeLogic
  5. 5JS - Pick Lat/LonCodeLogic
  6. 6SET - Carry Asked City to ForecastSetLogic
  7. 7OpenWeatherMap (OWM) - 5 Day Forecast (by City)Open Weather MapService
  8. 8JS - Build Daily Summaries (5 days)CodeLogic
  9. 9JS - Bundle Cities for LLMCodeLogic
  10. 10LLM - AI Weather Briefing ComposerOpen AiModel
  11. 11JS - Validate JSON from LLMCodeLogic
  12. 12GMAIL - Send Weather BriefingGmailService

How it's built

Starts on
Someone submitting a form
Steps
12
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail account, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone submitting a form.

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.