Connect Gmail with OpenAI
Workflow Description
An automated workflow that periodically retrieves emails from Gmail, processes them intelligently using OpenAI's API, and handles high volumes through batch processing to classify and analyze messages efficiently without manual intervention.
How it works
- 1.Scheduled trigger activates email processing workflow at defined intervals
- 2.Retrieve and extract email messages from Gmail inbox
- 3.Split emails into manageable batches to optimize processing performance
- 4.Send each batch to OpenAI for intelligent analysis and classification
- 5.Apply processing limits to prevent resource overuse and maintain stability
Use cases
- Automatically categorize customer emails by priority, urgency, or subject type
- Extract and summarize key information from bulk email campaigns
- Route customer complaints to appropriate departments based on AI classification
Requirements
- Active Gmail account with programmatic API access enabled
- Valid OpenAI API key configured for the workflow
- Sufficient API credits in your OpenAI account
Service Value
Ideal as a smart automation service combining integrations and AI to produce ready-to-use results.
Apps Used
Details
How to Use
- 1.Click "Download Template"
- 2.Open your n8n dashboard
- 3.Go to Workflows > Import from File
- 4.Select downloaded file and configure credentials
Nodes Used (23)
Convert raw to base64
Code
Add email draft to thread
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Remove AI label from email
Gmail
Schedule trigger (1 min)
Schedule Trigger
Map fields for further processing
Set
Convert response to HTML
Markdown
Build email raw
Set
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Get threads with specific labels
Gmail
Ask OpenAI Assistant
OpenAI
Loop over threads
Split In Batches
Get thread messages
Gmail
Return last message in thread
Limit
Get single message content
Gmail
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