# Send regulatory update digest emails with Google Sheets: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Email, Excel and Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/send-regulatory-update-digest-emails-with-google-sheets (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Send regulatory update digest emails with Google Sheets

Started by a clock, and works across Email, Excel and Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 24 steps, 2 branches, 3 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fsend-regulatory-update-digest-emails-with-google-sheets)

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

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**3** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 4 Logic 11 Service 8

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

- 1 **Chat model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 2 **Run every 3 days** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Watch for reply emails** Email Read Imap *Service*
- 4 **Perplexity search tool** Perplexity Tool *Service*
- 5 **Output Parser - Update fields** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 6 **Web scraper tool** Tool Workflow *Model*
- 7 **Find updates with AI** Agent *Model*
- 8 **Read the website list** Google Sheets *Service*
- 9 **Said not interested?** If *Logic*
- 10 **Keep only recent updates** Code *Logic*
- 11 **Loop over websites** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 12 **Mark as unsubscribed** Microsoft Excel *Service*
- 13 **Any updates found?** If *Logic*
- 14 **One row per update** Split Out *Logic*
- 15 **Save updates to sheet** Google Sheets *Service*
- 16 **Group the updates** Aggregate *Logic*
- 17 **Get recipient tabs** Microsoft Excel *Service*
- 18 **Read recipient rows** Microsoft Excel *Service*
- 19 **Remove unsubscribed people** Filter *Logic*
- 20 **Group the recipients** Aggregate *Logic*
- 21 **Build the email and BCC batches** Code *Logic*
- 22 **Loop over BCC batches** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 23 **Send the digest email** Email Send *Service*
- 24 **Pause between batches** Wait *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 24, with 2 branches, 3 loops or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Email, Excel, Google Sheets
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email, Excel and Google Sheets accounts, and a key for OpenAI. 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 OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 24 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 24 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-regulatory-update-digest-emails-with-google-sheets)
- **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.

[Email](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Email#library)[Excel](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Excel#library)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)

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