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Standardize daily construction reports with OpenAI and Gmail

Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Gmail and Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 13 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

13 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 6Logic 3Service 3

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

  1. 1Chat: Capture DCR InputChat triggerStarts it
  2. 2Guardrail Chat Model: OpenAILm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3AI Chat Model: OpenAILm Chat Open AiModel
  4. 4ConfigSetLogic
  5. 5Guardrail: Validate InputGuardrailsModel
  6. 6AI: Standardize DCRAgentModel
  7. 7Gmail: Jailbreak AlertGmailService
  8. 8Sheets: Append DCR LogGoogle SheetsService
  9. 9Chat: Block NoticeChatModel
  10. 10Gmail: Send DCR ReportGmailService
  11. 11End: Guardrail BlockNo OpLogic
  12. 12Chat: Success NoticeChatModel
  13. 13End: SuccessNo OpLogic

How it's built

Starts on
Someone opening a chat with it
Steps
13
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Google Sheets
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail 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 someone opening a chat with it.

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. 13 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 13 steps before you point it at anything that matters.