This workflow follows the Gmail → Gmail Trigger recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"name": "Email AI Agent",
"nodes": [
{
"parameters": {
"pollTimes": {
"item": [
{
"mode": "custom",
"cronExpression": "*/5 * * * *"
}
]
},
"filters": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmailTrigger",
"typeVersion": 1.2,
"position": [
0,
0
],
"id": "db47294f-ee4b-40ec-ba4b-ce9dd1e1bfb0",
"name": "Gmail Trigger",
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"inputText": "=Subject: {{ $json.Subject }}\nEmail body: {{ $json.snippet }}",
"categories": {
"categories": [
{
"category": "Promotions",
"description": "This is any email looking to sell me things"
},
{
"category": "Social",
"description": "Any email from a social media site like YouTube or Facebook or Instagram"
},
{
"category": "Personal",
"description": "An email sent from a friend or a family members or something personal to me outside of work"
},
{
"category": "Sales",
"description": "Anything regarding clients sending over documents, sales, etc"
},
{
"category": "Recruitment",
"description": "Anyone looking for a job, or to join our team"
},
{
"category": "Receipts",
"description": "These are transaction emails for receipts"
},
{
"category": "Misc",
"description": "Anything that doesn't fall within the other categories"
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.textClassifier",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
180,
0
],
"id": "405cb702-15d8-4467-b07d-a38723168a6f",
"name": "Text Classifier"
},
{
"parameters": {
"model": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gpt-4o-mini"
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi",
"typeVersion": 1.2,
"position": [
160,
220
],
"id": "11262b60-11ff-4edc-b986-e0ac93e7618b",
"name": "OpenAI Chat Model",
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "addLabels",
"messageId": "={{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.id }}",
"labelIds": [
"CATEGORY_PROMOTIONS"
]
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.1,
"position": [
600,
-420
],
"id": "d840612b-68b9-4f65-a9c1-8ec473adffdc",
"name": "PROMOTIONS",
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "addLabels",
"messageId": "={{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.id }}",
"labelIds": [
"CATEGORY_SOCIAL"
]
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.1,
"position": [
600,
-260
],
"id": "4ad11bb6-020a-42ad-89f7-7c1087e9cdb2",
"name": "Social",
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "addLabels",
"messageId": "={{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.id }}",
"labelIds": [
"Label_2750518775353483320"
]
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.1,
"position": [
600,
-100
],
"id": "0330e0aa-8056-4cd4-8963-569c65e8ec29",
"name": "PERSONAL",
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "addLabels",
"messageId": "={{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.id }}",
"labelIds": [
"Label_9093425880639079056"
]
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.1,
"position": [
600,
60
],
"id": "36b66ecc-a865-4603-8c20-c20821b027a9",
"name": "SALES",
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "addLabels",
"messageId": "={{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.id }}",
"labelIds": [
"Label_6028289483376890344"
]
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.1,
"position": [
600,
220
],
"id": "3d16e216-1e30-4006-aad4-166b24b43d33",
"name": "RECRUITMENT",
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "addLabels",
"messageId": "={{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.id }}",
"labelIds": [
"Label_4704675443450905433"
]
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.1,
"position": [
600,
540
],
"id": "2d00beb3-e6dd-4709-b150-729e515012b2",
"name": "MISC",
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "addLabels",
"messageId": "={{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.id }}",
"labelIds": [
"Label_6104253795569672932"
]
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.1,
"position": [
600,
380
],
"id": "c937a395-2235-432f-a638-d49d65f09872",
"name": "RECEIPTS",
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "markAsRead",
"messageId": "={{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.id }}"
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.1,
"position": [
820,
-420
],
"id": "a8a80198-95a1-417a-a2cf-b48a92ff6b28",
"name": "Gmail",
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"modelId": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "gpt-4o-mini",
"mode": "list",
"cachedResultName": "GPT-4O-MINI"
},
"messages": {
"values": [
{
"content": "You're an intelligent bot at summarizing emails",
"role": "system"
},
{
"content": "=Subject: {{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.Subject }}\nEmail body: {{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.snippet }}"
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi",
"typeVersion": 1.8,
"position": [
820,
-260
],
"id": "54af1ba1-bfaa-4a01-8a96-facd63e20487",
"name": "OpenAI",
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "appendOrUpdate",
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "1J0OzZoD8ovlw2ox0KNOPWKXE3XCl5xbCISzuLyeqkBE",
"mode": "list",
"cachedResultName": "Email Summary n8n",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J0OzZoD8ovlw2ox0KNOPWKXE3XCl5xbCISzuLyeqkBE/edit?usp=drivesdk"
},
"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "gid=0",
"mode": "list",
"cachedResultName": "Sheet1",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J0OzZoD8ovlw2ox0KNOPWKXE3XCl5xbCISzuLyeqkBE/edit#gid=0"
},
"columns": {
"mappingMode": "defineBelow",
"value": {
"ID": "={{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.id }}",
"Date": "={{ $now }}",
"Subject Line": "={{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.Subject }}",
"Summary": "={{ $json.message.content }}",
"Snippet": "={{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.threadId }}"
},
"matchingColumns": [
"ID"
],
"schema": [
{
"id": "ID",
"displayName": "ID",
"required": false,
"defaultMatch": false,
"display": true,
"type": "string",
"canBeUsedToMatch": true,
"removed": false
},
{
"id": "Date",
"displayName": "Date",
"required": false,
"defaultMatch": false,
"display": true,
"type": "string",
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "Subject Line",
"displayName": "Subject Line",
"required": false,
"defaultMatch": false,
"display": true,
"type": "string",
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "Summary",
"displayName": "Summary",
"required": false,
"defaultMatch": false,
"display": true,
"type": "string",
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "Snippet",
"displayName": "Snippet",
"required": false,
"defaultMatch": false,
"display": true,
"type": "string",
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
}
],
"attemptToConvertTypes": false,
"convertFieldsToString": false
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
"typeVersion": 4.5,
"position": [
1180,
-260
],
"id": "6a149eac-9977-46cf-8078-3d4c3576e1d1",
"name": "Google Sheets",
"credentials": {
"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"resource": "draft",
"subject": "={{ $json.message.content.subject_line }}",
"message": "={{ $json.message.content.email_body }}",
"options": {
"threadId": "={{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.threadId }}",
"sendTo": "={{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.From }}"
}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.1,
"position": [
1180,
-100
],
"id": "8f2bc618-7821-46cc-8097-ebc24d333fab",
"name": "Gmail1",
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"modelId": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "gpt-4o-mini",
"mode": "list",
"cachedResultName": "GPT-4O-MINI"
},
"messages": {
"values": [
{
"content": "You're an intelligent bot at replying to emails. Please sign off on all emails as follows:\n\"Best,\nJono\"\n\nAlso separate paragraphs by lines breaks.",
"role": "system"
},
{
"content": "=Heres the email to reply to:\nSubject: {{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.Subject }}\nEmail body: {{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.snippet }}\nThis email is from: {{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.From }}"
},
{
"content": "Please format the data in JSON format:\n{\n\"subject_line\": \"\",\n\"email_body\": \"\"\n}",
"role": "assistant"
}
]
},
"jsonOutput": true,
"options": {}
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi",
"typeVersion": 1.8,
"position": [
820,
-100
],
"id": "08445a5a-e892-4513-9b2a-a8ddb5115af0",
"name": "OpenAI1",
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"sendTo": "=jccatliff+23@gmail.com",
"subject": "=FORWARDED: {{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.Subject }}",
"message": "=FORWARDED: {{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.snippet }}",
"options": {
"appendAttribution": false
}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.1,
"position": [
820,
380
],
"id": "45c5c84b-f43e-479b-be91-55fdb8b33c60",
"name": "Gmail2",
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"modelId": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "gpt-4o-mini",
"mode": "list",
"cachedResultName": "GPT-4O-MINI"
},
"messages": {
"values": [
{
"content": "You're an intelligent bot at replying to sales emails. Please sign off on all emails as follows:\n\"Best,\nJono\"\n\nAlso separate paragraphs by lines breaks.",
"role": "system"
},
{
"content": "=Heres the email to reply to:\nSubject: {{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.Subject }}\nEmail body: {{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.snippet }}\nThis email is from: {{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.From }}"
},
{
"content": "Please format the data in JSON format:\n{\n\"subject_line\": \"\",\n\"email_body\": \"\"\n}",
"role": "assistant"
}
]
},
"jsonOutput": true,
"options": {}
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi",
"typeVersion": 1.8,
"position": [
820,
60
],
"id": "df2d2298-c19c-4aae-82b9-06eecd421c15",
"name": "OpenAI2",
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "reply",
"messageId": "={{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.id }}",
"message": "={{ $json.message.content.email_body }}",
"options": {
"appendAttribution": false
}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.1,
"position": [
1180,
60
],
"id": "01dc1e90-44a0-4d8c-8ca0-b9e4752d44e6",
"name": "Gmail3",
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
}
],
"connections": {
"Gmail Trigger": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Text Classifier",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"OpenAI Chat Model": {
"ai_languageModel": [
[
{
"node": "Text Classifier",
"type": "ai_languageModel",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Text Classifier": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "PROMOTIONS",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Social",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "PERSONAL",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "SALES",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "RECRUITMENT",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "RECEIPTS",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "MISC",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"PROMOTIONS": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Gmail",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Social": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "OpenAI",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"OpenAI": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Google Sheets",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"PERSONAL": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "OpenAI1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"OpenAI1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Gmail1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"OpenAI2": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Gmail3",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"SALES": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "OpenAI2",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"RECEIPTS": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Gmail2",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
},
"active": false,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
},
"versionId": "62e17193-d47a-433d-a07f-22b32ca178d0",
"meta": {
"templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
},
"id": "iwZkSdmV9ubXqBHK",
"tags": []
}
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.
gmailOAuth2googleSheetsOAuth2ApiopenAiApi
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How this works
This workflow transforms incoming Gmail messages into intelligent, automated responses by classifying emails based on content and routing them to tailored AI-generated replies, saving hours of manual inbox management for busy professionals. It suits solopreneurs, small teams, or anyone overwhelmed by email volume who needs quick, context-aware handling without constant oversight. The core step involves the text classifier analysing the email's subject and body to categorise it—such as promotions, sales, or recruitment—before the OpenAI chat model crafts a personalised response, which is then sent via Gmail.
Use this workflow for high-volume inboxes where routine emails like promotions or sales pitches dominate, ensuring swift replies to maintain professionalism. Avoid it for sensitive communications requiring human nuance, like legal matters, or low-volume personal accounts where automation feels impersonal. Common variations include integrating Google Sheets to log responses for tracking or expanding categories for industry-specific needs, such as customer support tickets.
About this workflow
Email AI Agent. Uses gmailTrigger, textClassifier, lmChatOpenAi, gmail. Event-driven trigger; 18 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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