Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Triage and reply to Gmail with Groq Llama 3.3 and Slack

Started by an arriving email, and works across Gmail, Google Sheets and Slack. 13 steps, 3 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

13 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
3Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 5Service 7

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

  1. 1Gmail – New EmailGmail triggerStarts it
  2. 2Normalise EmailCodeLogic
  3. 3Claude – Classify & DraftHttp RequestService
  4. 4Parse AI ResponseCodeLogic
  5. 5Route by DestinationSwitchLogic
  6. 6Slack – Post to #incidentsSlackService
  7. 7Slack – Post to #salesSlackService
  8. 8Gmail – Apply LabelsGmailService
  9. 9Should Draft Reply?IfLogic
  10. 10Gmail – Send Draft ReplyGmailService
  11. 11Sheets – Log TriageGoogle SheetsService
  12. 12Is Critical?IfLogic
  13. 13Gmail – Critical Alert EmailGmailService

How it's built

Starts on
An arriving email
Steps
13, with 3 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Google Sheets, Slack
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail, Google Sheets and Slack accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an arriving email.

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?

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.