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Auto-label Gmail Messages with Custom Categories Using Gpt-4o-mini

ByAshish Kumar Swain @phoenix✓ on n8n.io

Why settle for Gmail’s default tabs when AI can sort your inbox your way?

Cron / scheduled trigger★★★☆☆ complexityAI-powered8 nodesOpenAI ChatGmailText Classifier
AI & RAG Trigger: Cron / scheduled Nodes: 8 Complexity: ★★★☆☆ AI nodes: yes Added:

This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #7477 — we link there as the canonical source.

This workflow follows the Gmail → OpenAI Chat recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.

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Why settle for Gmail’s default tabs when AI can sort your inbox your way?

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