This workflow follows the Gmail → OpenAI recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
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{
"id": "M8oLW9Qd59zNJzg2",
"meta": {
"templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
},
"name": "Email Summary Agent",
"tags": [
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"name": "Product",
"createdAt": "2025-01-13T17:04:34.969Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-01-13T17:04:34.969Z"
},
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"name": "AI",
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"updatedAt": "2025-01-09T09:18:12.756Z"
},
{
"id": "Yg2lfYteJZAoIeaC",
"name": "Building blocks",
"createdAt": "2025-01-13T17:05:49.788Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-01-13T17:05:49.788Z"
},
{
"id": "ZuS1C3NpE8uBlFq4",
"name": "Finance",
"createdAt": "2025-01-13T17:05:03.996Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-01-13T17:05:03.996Z"
},
{
"id": "aqlZb2qfWiaT4Xr5",
"name": "IT Ops",
"createdAt": "2025-01-03T12:20:11.917Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-01-03T12:20:11.917Z"
},
{
"id": "fX8hRnEv4D8sLSzF",
"name": "OpenAI",
"createdAt": "2025-01-09T09:18:12.757Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-01-09T09:18:12.757Z"
},
{
"id": "j1qBXzFADkR3sHSa",
"name": "Marketing",
"createdAt": "2025-01-13T17:03:54.468Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-01-13T17:03:54.468Z"
},
{
"id": "x3OVvOuZkLx1hYpW",
"name": "Support",
"createdAt": "2025-01-13T17:05:40.900Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-01-13T17:05:40.900Z"
},
{
"id": "xBOhq1kP3lza5ajE",
"name": "HR",
"createdAt": "2025-01-13T17:04:57.045Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-01-13T17:04:57.045Z"
},
{
"id": "yy04JQqCaXepPdSa",
"name": "Project Management",
"createdAt": "2024-10-30T18:27:57.309Z",
"updatedAt": "2024-10-30T18:27:57.309Z"
},
{
"id": "zJaZorWWcGpTp35U",
"name": "DevOps",
"createdAt": "2025-01-03T12:19:34.273Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-01-03T12:19:34.273Z"
}
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"nodes": [
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"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-120,
-140
],
"parameters": {
"width": 248.47086922498647,
"height": 314.47468983163634,
"content": "- Starts the workflow every day at 7 AM.\n- Adjust the time if you want the workflow to run at a different hour."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "5e5cbc87-5c01-438b-a1c0-e8468d3ee20b",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"width": 213.36643278764896,
"height": 313.40934714314244,
"content": "Fetches all emails received in the past 24 hours from the email address"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "9a82f5e9-7d0b-430f-9dbb-d8ae0b129dad",
"name": "Daily 7AM Trigger",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"position": [
-40,
0
],
"parameters": {
"rule": {
"interval": [
{
"triggerAtHour": 7
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "dd3e4b10-187b-45ce-b999-f0143e5af134",
"name": "Fetch Emails - Past 24 Hours",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"position": [
220,
0
],
"parameters": {
"filters": {
"q": "={{ \n (() => {\n const yesterday = new Date();\n yesterday.setDate(yesterday.getDate() - 1);\n return `isb.quantana@quantana.in after:${yesterday.getFullYear()}/${(yesterday.getMonth() + 1).toString().padStart(2, '0')}/${yesterday.getDate().toString().padStart(2, '0')}`;\n })()\n}}"
},
"operation": "getAll",
"returnAll": true
},
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.1
},
{
"id": "4a8fdfd9-93d7-43a2-92b0-88d845f217bf",
"name": "Organize Email Data - Morning",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.aggregate",
"position": [
460,
0
],
"parameters": {
"include": "specifiedFields",
"options": {},
"aggregate": "aggregateAllItemData",
"fieldsToInclude": "id, From, To, CC, snippet"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "9e2426e8-57ba-4708-b66f-b58bd19eabff",
"name": "Summarize Emails with OpenAI - Morning",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi",
"position": [
680,
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],
"parameters": {
"modelId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gpt-4o-mini",
"cachedResultName": "GPT-4O-MINI"
},
"options": {},
"messages": {
"values": [
{
"content": "=Go through this email summary and identify all key details mentioned, any specific issues to look at, and action items.\nUse this format to output\n{\n \"summary_of_emails\": [\n \"Point 1\",\n \"Point 2\",\n \"Point 3\"\n ],\n \"actions\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"Name 1\",\n \"action\": \"Action 1\"\n },\n {\n \"name\": \"Name 1\",\n \"action\": \"Action 2\"\n },\n {\n \"name\": \"Name 2\",\n \"action\": \"Action 3\"\n }\n ]\n}\n\nInput Data:\n\n {{ $json.data.toJsonString() }}\n\n"
}
]
},
"jsonOutput": true
},
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.7
},
{
"id": "4aa68ee8-d38f-418a-9f20-6cc76850c638",
"name": "Send Summary - Morning",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"position": [
1040,
0
],
"parameters": {
"sendTo": "team-email@example.com",
"message": "=<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en\">\n<head>\n <meta charset=\"UTF-8\">\n <meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\">\n <title>Email Summary - isbonline@quantana.in</title>\n <style>\n body {\n font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\n margin: 0;\n padding: 0;\n background-color: #f9f9f9;\n color: #333;\n line-height: 1.6;\n }\n .email-container {\n max-width: 600px;\n margin: 20px auto;\n background: #ffffff;\n border: 1px solid #ddd;\n border-radius: 10px;\n box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);\n }\n .email-header {\n background-color: #0073e6;\n color: #fff;\n padding: 20px;\n text-align: center;\n border-top-left-radius: 10px;\n border-top-right-radius: 10px;\n }\n .email-header h1 {\n margin: 0;\n font-size: 24px;\n }\n .email-content {\n padding: 20px;\n }\n .section-title {\n font-size: 20px;\n color: #0073e6;\n margin-bottom: 10px;\n }\n ul {\n list-style: none;\n padding: 0;\n }\n ul li {\n margin: 10px 0;\n padding: 10px;\n background: #f4f4f4;\n border-left: 4px solid #0073e6;\n border-radius: 5px;\n }\n .action-item {\n font-weight: bold;\n margin: 5px 0;\n }\n .action-detail {\n margin-left: 10px;\n }\n .email-footer {\n background-color: #0073e6;\n color: #fff;\n text-align: center;\n padding: 10px;\n font-size: 14px;\n border-bottom-left-radius: 10px;\n border-bottom-right-radius: 10px;\n }\n </style>\n</head>\n<body>\n <div class=\"email-container\">\n <div class=\"email-header\">\n <h1>Email Summary</h1>\n </div>\n <div class=\"email-content\">\n <div>\n <h2 class=\"section-title\">Summary of Emails:</h2>\n <ul>\n {{ $json.message.content.summary_of_emails.map(email => `<li>${email}</li>`).join('') }}\n </ul>\n </div>\n <div>\n <h2 class=\"section-title\">Actions:</h2>\n <ul>\n {{ $json.message.content.actions.map(action => `\n <li>\n <span class=\"action-item\">${action.name}:</span>\n <span class=\"action-detail\">${action.action}</span>\n </li>\n `).join('') }}\n </ul>\n </div>\n </div>\n <div class=\"email-footer\">\n <p>Generated by Quantana ESAgent <br /> A Quantana AI Labs Initiative\n </div>\n </div>\n</body>\n</html>",
"options": {
"ccList": "cc-list@example.com",
"appendAttribution": false,
"replyToSenderOnly": false
},
"subject": "=ESAgent - {{ new Date(new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate() - 1)).toLocaleDateString('en-GB', { day: '2-digit', month: 'short', year: 'numeric' }) }}-00:00 to {{ new Date(new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate())).toLocaleDateString('en-GB', { day: '2-digit', month: 'short', year: 'numeric' }) }}-07:00AM"
},
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.1
},
{
"id": "c7667667-9533-40cb-9c09-914a11560600",
"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
400,
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"parameters": {
"width": 226.7095107678671,
"height": 305.83657700487913,
"content": "Organizes the fetched email data, extracting fields like sender, receiver, CC, and a preview snippet."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "43955af4-3a18-44d7-8c8d-cf8051b18bdd",
"name": "Sticky Note4",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
980,
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],
"parameters": {
"width": 232.8435827211592,
"height": 359.7308639651144,
"content": "- Sends the summarized email report to recipients with a styled HTML layout.\n- Update the \"sendTo\" and \"ccList\" fields with the email addresses of your recipients.\n\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
"active": false,
"settings": {
"timezone": "Asia/Kolkata",
"callerPolicy": "workflowsFromSameOwner",
"executionOrder": "v1"
},
"versionId": "b18912ed-6c1f-4912-b75a-1553f7620917",
"connections": {
"Daily 7AM Trigger": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Fetch Emails - Past 24 Hours",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Fetch Emails - Past 24 Hours": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Organize Email Data - Morning",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Organize Email Data - Morning": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Summarize Emails with OpenAI - Morning",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Summarize Emails with OpenAI - Morning": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Send Summary - Morning",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
Credentials you'll need
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gmailOAuth2openAiApi
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About this workflow
Email Summary Agent. Uses stickyNote, scheduleTrigger, gmail, openAi. Scheduled trigger; 9 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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