# Send ramped cold email sequences with Gmail and Google Sheets: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Gmail and Google Sheets. 29 steps, 2 branches, 2 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/send-ramped-cold-email-sequences-with-gmail-and-google-sheet (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Lead generation](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Lead+generation#library)

# Send ramped cold email sequences with Gmail and Google Sheets

Started by a clock, and works across Gmail and Google Sheets. 29 steps, 2 branches, 2 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large

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**29 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**2** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 3 Logic 15 Service 11

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

- 1 **Every 35 min (weekdays 9-4)** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Every 40 min (weekdays 9-4)** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Check inbox 3x daily** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 4 **Get leads** Google Sheets *Service*
- 5 **Get leads (follow-up)** Google Sheets *Service*
- 6 **Get recent inbox** Gmail *Service*
- 7 **Pick next lead** Code *Logic*
- 8 **Decide follow-up** Code *Logic*
- 9 **Get inbox senders** Code *Logic*
- 10 **Within daily limit?** If *Logic*
- 11 **Follow-up due?** If *Logic*
- 12 **Get leads (replies)** Google Sheets *Service*
- 13 **Build email prompt** Code *Logic*
- 14 **Nothing to send** No Op *Logic*
- 15 **Build follow-up** Code *Logic*
- 16 **No follow-up due** No Op *Logic*
- 17 **Match repliers** Code *Logic*
- 18 **Write email (Claude)** Http Request *Service*
- 19 **Write follow-up (Claude)** Http Request *Service*
- 20 **Mark replied** Google Sheets *Service*
- 21 **Parse email** Code *Logic*
- 22 **Parse follow-up** Code *Logic*
- 23 **Send email** Gmail *Service*
- 24 **Send reply** Gmail *Service*
- 25 **Build row update** Set *Logic*
- 26 **Mark stage + sent** Google Sheets *Service*
- 27 **Mark lead as sent** Google Sheets *Service*
- 28 **Pause after reply** Wait *Logic*
- 29 **Pause after send** Wait *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 29, with 2 branches, 2 loops or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Gmail, Google Sheets
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail and Google Sheets 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?

Take your time. At 29 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

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 29 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-ramped-cold-email-sequences-with-gmail-and-google-sheet)
- **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 Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)

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