# Summarize your emails with OpenRouter: n8n workflow template

> Started by an arriving email, and works across Email. It hands the judgement calls to OpenRouter.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/summarize-your-emails-with-openrouter (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Research and reporting](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Research+and+reporting#library)

# Summarize your emails with OpenRouter

Started by an arriving email, and works across Email. It hands the judgement calls to OpenRouter. 6 steps, 1 branch: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Small Calls a model: OpenRouter

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fsummarize-your-emails-with-openrouter)

**6 steps** Small: readable in one sitting

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Model 3 Logic 1 Service 2

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

- 1 **Read emails (IMAP)** Email Read Imap *Service*
- 2 **OpenRouter Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Router *Model*
- 3 **Structured Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 4 **Basic LLM Chain** Chain Llm *Model*
- 5 **If** If *Logic*
- 6 **Send summarized content to messenger** Http Request *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An arriving email
- **Steps:** 6, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Small: readable in one sitting
- **Connects to:** Email
- **Model:** OpenRouter

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email account, and a key for OpenRouter. 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 OpenRouter. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Not long. At 6 steps it can be read in one sitting and changed without fear.

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 6 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%2Fsummarize-your-emails-with-openrouter)
- **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)

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