AI Agents

Review and respond to emails with AI-powered summaries and manual approval

16 nodes 320 166 Manual trigger
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Workflow Description

Automation that retrieves emails via IMAP, analyzes their content using OpenAI's language models, generates summaries and suggested actions, then submits them for human review before sending responses or archiving messages.

How it works

  1. 1.Retrieve incoming emails from mailbox using IMAP
  2. 2.Analyze email content and extract key information with OpenAI LLM Chain
  3. 3.Present AI-generated summary and recommended action for manual review
  4. 4.Send approved response or archive based on human decision

Use cases

  • Manage customer support emails with mandatory human review before sending replies
  • Prioritize and summarize important messages for faster decision-making
  • Process high-volume inbound mail without losing human oversight and control

Requirements

  • Active email account configured with IMAP access
  • Valid OpenAI API key with sufficient credits
  • n8n instance running with AI Agents capability enabled

Service Value

Ideal as a smart automation service combining integrations and AI to produce ready-to-use results.

Apps Used

Email Read Imap Email Send LLM Chain AI Agent OpenAI

Details

Trigger Manual trigger
Nodes 16
Apps 5
Views 320
Downloads 166

How to Use

  1. 1.Click "Download Template"
  2. 2.Open your n8n dashboard
  3. 3.Go to Workflows > Import from File
  4. 4.Select downloaded file and configure credentials

Nodes Used (16)

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Email Trigger (IMAP)

Email Read Imap

#1

Markdown

Markdown

#2

Send Email

Email Send

#3

Email Summarization Chain

Chain Summarization

#4

Write email

Agent

#5

OpenAI

OpenAI

#6

Sticky Note2

Sticky Note

#7

Sticky Note5

Sticky Note

#8

Sticky Note1

Sticky Note

#9

Sticky Note7

Sticky Note

#10

Approve Email

Email Send

#11

OpenAI Chat Model

OpenAI

#12

Set Email text

Set

#13

Sticky Note

Sticky Note

#14

Sticky Note11

Sticky Note

#15

Approved?

If

#16