Automation library · AI assistants

Sorting your emails with Gmail

Started by an arriving email, and works across Gmail. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 11 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

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

The flow

Starts it 2Model 2Logic 2Service 5

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

  1. 1When clicking ‘Execute workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Email ReceivedGmail triggerStarts it
  3. 3Extracting Multiple EmailsGmailService
  4. 4Analyze the MessageGmailService
  5. 5Pulling Data From Each EmailGmailService
  6. 6Structuring Labeling for EmailCodeLogic
  7. 7Structuring Labeling for Email1CodeLogic
  8. 8Classifying the Email based on CategoryOpen AiModel
  9. 9Classifying the Email based on Category1Open AiModel
  10. 10Adding Classification To EmailGmailService
  11. 11Adding Classification For Prior EmailsGmailService

How it's built

Starts on
An arriving email
Steps
11
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 an arriving email.

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. 11 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 11 steps before you point it at anything that matters.