Daily Gmail Summary to Slack & Sheets

The workflow JSON

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{
  "name": "Daily Gmail Summary -> Slack + Sheets",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "triggerTimes": {
          "item": [
            {
              "hour": 8
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "id": "cron",
      "name": "Cron",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.cron",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
        240,
        240
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "operation": "getAll",
        "returnAll": true,
        "additionalFields": {
          "q": "is:unread newer_than:1d"
        }
      },
      "id": "gmail",
      "name": "Gmail",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
        460,
        240
      ],
      "credentials": {
        "gmailOAuth2": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "functionCode": "const items = $items();\\nconst subjects = items.map(i => i.json.snippet || i.json.subject || '');\\nreturn [{ json: { subjects } }];"
      },
      "id": "format",
      "name": "Format Subjects",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.function",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
        680,
        240
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "operation": "post",
        "channel": "#general",
        "text": "Daily Email Subjects: {{$json.subjects.join('\\n- ')}}"
      },
      "id": "slack",
      "name": "Slack",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        900,
        200
      ],
      "credentials": {
        "slackOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "operation": "append",
        "sheetId": "REPLACE_WITH_SHEET_ID",
        "range": "Sheet1!A:C",
        "options": {},
        "data": "={{ new Date().toISOString() }}|{{$json.subjects.length}}|{{$json.subjects.join(', ')}}"
      },
      "id": "sheets",
      "name": "Google Sheets",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
      "typeVersion": 3,
      "position": [
        900,
        300
      ],
      "credentials": {
        "googleSheetsOAuth2": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Gmail": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Format Subjects",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Cron": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Gmail",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Format Subjects": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Slack",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          },
          {
            "node": "Google Sheets",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Credentials you'll need

Each integration node will prompt for credentials when you import. We strip credential IDs before publishing — you'll add your own.

• gmailOAuth2
• googleSheetsOAuth2
• slackOAuth2Api

About this workflow

Daily Gmail Summary -> Slack + Sheets. Uses gmail, slack, googleSheets. Scheduled trigger; 5 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/AmitabhainArunachala/aikagrya-convergence/blob/3174bf14c0eac013e0cb6b25135d9a002a062edb/templates/n8n/gmail_summary.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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