Email to AI Summary

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{
  "name": "Email to AI Summary",
  "active": false,
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "mailbox": "INBOX",
        "postProcessAction": "nothing"
      },
      "id": "email_trigger",
      "name": "Email Trigger",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.emailReadImap",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
        200,
        280
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://api.openai.com/v1/responses",
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "Authorization",
              "value": "Bearer {{$env.OPENAI_API_KEY}}"
            },
            {
              "name": "Content-Type",
              "value": "application/json"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendBody": true,
        "bodyParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "model",
              "value": "gpt-4.1-mini"
            },
            {
              "name": "input",
              "value": "Summarize this email for a business owner in 3 bullets: {{$json.text}}"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "id": "summarize_email",
      "name": "Summarize Email",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4,
      "position": [
        500,
        280
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "toEmail": "={{$env.BUSINESS_ALERT_EMAIL}}",
        "subject": "New email summary",
        "text": "={{$json.output_text || JSON.stringify($json)}}"
      },
      "id": "send_summary",
      "name": "Send Summary",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.emailSend",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
        800,
        280
      ]
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Email Trigger": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Summarize Email",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Summarize Email": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Send Summary",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "templateNote": "Use user-owned inbox credentials and review the OpenAI request body for your n8n version."
  }
}

About this workflow

Email to AI Summary. Uses emailReadImap, httpRequest, emailSend. Manual trigger; 3 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/emirhuseynrmx/n8n-business-automation-workflows/blob/main/workflows/email_to_ai_summary.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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