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"value": "={{ $json.from.emailAddress }}"
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"name": "body",
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"value": "={{ $json.data\n .replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '') // Remove HTML tags\n .replace(/\\[(.*?)\\]\\((.*?)\\)/g, '') // Remove Markdown links like [text](link)\n .replace(/!\\[.*?\\]\\(.*?\\)/g, '') // Remove Markdown images like \n .replace(/\\|/g, '') // Remove table separators \"|\"\n .replace(/-{3,}/g, '') // Remove horizontal rule \"---\"\n .replace(/\\n+/g, ' ') // Remove multiple newlines\n .replace(/([^\\w\\s.,!?@])/g, '') // Remove special characters except essential ones\n .replace(/\\s{2,}/g, ' ') // Replace multiple spaces with a single space\n .trim() // Trim leading/trailing whitespace\n}}\n"
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"mode": "id",
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},
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"updateFields": {
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"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
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"singleValue": true
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"notes": "Checks if the email has been read",
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"conditions": {
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"leftValue": "",
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"conditions": [
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"operation": "true",
"singleValue": true
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"leftValue": "={{ $json.isRead }}",
"rightValue": ""
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"messageId": {
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"mode": "id",
"value": "={{ $('varID & Category1').item.json.id }}"
},
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"updateFields": {
"categories": "={{ \n [$('varJSON1').first().json.output.category, $('varJSON1').first().json.output.subCategory]\n .filter(item => item && item.trim() !== \"\")\n .map(item => item.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + item.slice(1))\n}}"
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"onError": "continueErrorOutput",
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"options": {
"ignoreConversionErrors": true
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"value": "={{ $json.output.replace(/^.*?({.*}).*$/s, '$1') }}"
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"content": "## Outlook Business with filters\nFilters:\n```\nflag/flagStatus eq 'notFlagged' and not categories/any()\n```\n\nThese filters ensure we do not process flagged emails or email that already have a category set."
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"parameters": {
"limit": 1,
"fields": [
"flag",
"from",
"importance",
"replyTo",
"sender",
"subject",
"toRecipients",
"body",
"categories",
"isRead"
],
"output": "fields",
"options": {},
"filtersUI": {
"values": {
"filters": {
"custom": "flag/flagStatus eq 'notFlagged' and not categories/any()",
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"AQMkAGE3ZTU5MGMzLTFkNGItNGQ5Zi04MDQ1LThmNGFlMTVhYjMwYgAuAAAD8UhruVwm402lgPBG2Tj-aQEAnz-IOcWBGE2lrVuQgAF6zAAAAgEMAAAA"
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}
}
},
"operation": "getAll"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
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"id": "a9540e6b-929b-4460-8972-93e4d19cd934",
"name": "varID & Category1",
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"position": [
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"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
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"name": "id",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $('Microsoft Outlook23').item.json.id }}"
},
{
"id": "458c7a89-e4a3-46d0-8b38-72d87748e306",
"name": "category",
"type": "string",
"value": "\"action\", \"junk\", \"receipt\", \"SaaS\", \"community\", \"business\" or \"other\""
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
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"name": "Sticky Note11",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
360,
348
],
"parameters": {
"color": 6,
"width": 418.7820408163265,
"height": 301.40952380952365,
"content": "## Sanitise Email \nRemoves HTML and useless information in preparation for the AI Agent"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "f9787a75-526c-4ef1-b0a7-0db7d890ab3f",
"name": "Sticky Note12",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
820,
348
],
"parameters": {
"color": 6,
"width": 256.16108843537415,
"height": 298.37931972789124,
"content": "## Modify Categories \nEdit this to customise category selection"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "50223a01-34cf-4191-9dd7-3dac02a9e945",
"name": "Sticky Note13",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
1480,
328
],
"parameters": {
"color": 5,
"width": 441.003537414966,
"height": 463.0204081632651,
"content": "## Convert to JSON\n* Ensures the Agent output to converted to JSON\n* Catches any errors and continues processing"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "4580c532-96a6-46b4-8922-d79316d1cc01",
"name": "Sticky Note14",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
2120,
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],
"parameters": {
"color": 5,
"width": 311.71482993197264,
"height": 454.93986394557805,
"content": "## Switch Categories\nEnsure your categories match the **varID & Category** Edit Fields node"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
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"id": "b51a7c34-2a5e-4670-81a4-d1582711c69a",
"name": "Sticky Note15",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
2629,
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"parameters": {
"color": 4,
"width": 251.3480889735252,
"height": 1289.0156245602684,
"content": "## Set Categories\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
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"name": "Sticky Note16",
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"content": "## Move to Folders\n"
},
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"content": "## Check if email has been read\n\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
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"name": "Microsoft Outlook Move Message1",
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"mode": "list",
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"cachedResultName": "Actioned"
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"messageId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "id",
"value": "={{ $('varID & Category1').item.json.id }}"
},
"operation": "move"
},
"typeVersion": 2
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"text": "=Categorise the following email\n<email>\n{{ $('varEmal1').first().json.toJsonString() }}\n</email>\n\nEnsure your final output is valid JSON with no additional text or token in the following format:\n\n{\n \"subject\": \"SUBJECT_LINE\",1\n \"category\": \"CATEGORY\",\n \"subCategory\": \"SUBCATEGORY\", //use sparingly\n \"analysis\": \"ANALYSIS_REASONING\"\n}\n\nRemember you can only use ONE of the following categories {{ $json.category }}. No other categories can be used. Use the subcategory for additional context, for example, if a SaaS email requires action, or if a business email requires action. Do not create any additional subcategories, you can only use ONE of the following {{ $json.category }}.",
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"systemMessage": "=You're an AI assistant for a freelance developer, categorizing emails as {{ $json.category }}. Email info is in <email> tags.\n\nCategorization priority:\n\nAction: Needs response or action (includes some SaaS emails), avoid sales email but include enquires.\nJunk: Ads, sales, newsletters, promotions, daily digests, (emojis often indicate junk), phishing, scams, discounts etc.\nReceipt: Any purchase confirmation.\nSaaS: Account/security updates, unless action required, generic SaaS information, usually from a non-personal email address.\nCommunity: Updates, events, forums, everything related to \"community\".\nBusiness: Any communication related to freelance work, usually from a humans email address\nOther: Doesn't fit into any other category.\n\nKey points:\n\nSaaS emails needing action are \"SaaS\" and subcategory \"action\".\nAnalyze the subject, body, email addresses and other data.\nLook for specific keywords and phrases for each category.\nEmail can have 2 categories, primary and sub, for example, \"action\" and \"SaaS\" or \"action\" and \"business\".\nEmails from business development executives are often junk.\n\n\nOutput in valid JSON format:\n{\n\"subject\": \"SUBJECT_LINE\",\n\"category\": \"PRIMARY CATEGORY\",\n\"subCategory\": \"SUBCATEGORY\", //use sparingly\n\"analysis\": \"Brief 1-2 sentence explanation of category choice\"\n}\nNo additional text or tokens outside the JSON.\n\nYou may only use the following categories and subcategories, do not create any more categories or subcategories: {{ $json.category }}"
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"hasOutputParser": true
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"typeVersion": 1.6
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"type": "n8n-nodes-base.switch",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"rules": {
"values": [
{
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"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": false,
"typeValidation": "strict"
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"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
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"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.output.category }}",
"rightValue": "junk"
}
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},
"renameOutput": true
},
{
"outputKey": "receipt",
"conditions": {
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"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": false,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
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"operator": {
"name": "filter.operator.equals",
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.output.category }}",
"rightValue": "receipt"
}
]
},
"renameOutput": true
},
{
"outputKey": "SaaS",
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": false,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
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"operator": {
"name": "filter.operator.equals",
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.output.category }}",
"rightValue": "SaaS"
}
]
},
"renameOutput": true
},
{
"outputKey": "community",
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": false,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
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"operator": {
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"type": "string",
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},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.output.category }}",
"rightValue": "community"
}
]
},
"renameOutput": true
},
{
"outputKey": "action",
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": false,
"typeValidation": "strict"
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"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
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"operator": {
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"type": "string",
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"leftValue": "={{ $json.output.category }}",
"rightValue": "action"
}
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},
"renameOutput": true
},
{
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"conditions": {
"options": {
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"caseSensitive": false,
"typeValidation": "strict"
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"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
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"operator": {
"name": "filter.operator.equals",
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.output.category }}",
"rightValue": "business"
}
]
},
"renameOutput": true
}
]
},
"options": {
"ignoreCase": true,
"fallbackOutput": "extra"
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.2
}
],
"connections": {
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"node": "Microsoft Outlook Move Message1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Merge1",
"type": "main",
"index": 5
}
]
]
},
"Merge1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Items1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Filter1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Items1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Switch1": {
"main": [
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{
"node": "Microsoft Outlook12",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Microsoft Outlook13",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Microsoft Outlook18",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Microsoft Outlook16",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Microsoft Outlook20",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
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{
"node": "Microsoft Outlook22",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
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{
"node": "Microsoft Outlook21",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"varEmal1": {
"main": [
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{
"node": "varID & Category1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"varJSON1": {
"main": [
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{
"node": "Switch1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Catch Errors1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"AI Agent1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "varJSON1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Markdown1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "varEmal1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Catch Errors1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Items1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Loop Over Items1": {
"main": [
null,
[
{
"node": "Markdown1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"varID & Category1": {
"main": [
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{
"node": "AI Agent1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Ollama Chat Model1": {
"ai_languageModel": [
[
{
"node": "AI Agent1",
"type": "ai_languageModel",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Microsoft Outlook10": {
"main": [
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{
"node": "Merge1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Microsoft Outlook12": {
"main": [
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"node": "Microsoft Outlook10",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Microsoft Outlook13": {
"main": [
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{
"node": "Microsoft Outlook15",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Microsoft Outlook15": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Merge1",
"type": "main",
"index": 1
}
]
]
},
"Microsoft Outlook16": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Microsoft Outlook17",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Microsoft Outlook17": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Merge1",
"type": "main",
"index": 3
}
]
]
},
"Microsoft Outlook18": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Microsoft Outlook19",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Microsoft Outlook19": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Merge1",
"type": "main",
"index": 2
}
]
]
},
"Microsoft Outlook20": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "If1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Microsoft Outlook21": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Merge1",
"type": "main",
"index": 6
}
]
]
},
"Microsoft Outlook22": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "If1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Microsoft Outlook23": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Filter1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Microsoft Outlook Move Message1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Merge1",
"type": "main",
"index": 4
}
]
]
},
"When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Microsoft Outlook23",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
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}
}
}
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How this works
This workflow empowers users to intelligently filter and manage their Microsoft Outlook emails using AI-driven analysis, saving hours of manual sorting by automatically categorising messages based on custom criteria like urgency or topic. It's ideal for busy professionals or teams handling high email volumes who want to prioritise important communications without constant inbox checks. The key step involves the lmChatOllama integration, which processes email content to apply filters and route them accordingly, followed by actions like archiving or forwarding via Outlook nodes.
Use this workflow when you need event-driven automation to handle incoming emails in real time, such as flagging client queries or spam during peak hours. Avoid it for simple rule-based filtering, where Outlook's built-in tools suffice, or if your email volume is low enough for manual review. Common variations include adapting the AI prompts for specific industries, like legal document triage, or integrating additional apps for notifications beyond email.
About this workflow
Filter. Uses manualTrigger, stickyNote, lmChatOllama, microsoftOutlook. Event-driven trigger; 36 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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