This workflow follows the Form Trigger → Gmail recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"name": "My workflow",
"nodes": [
{
"parameters": {
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"height": 224,
"width": 224
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"typeVersion": 1,
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"id": "e8bb4fe4-16f1-45b0-ad46-e855e24cd6b5",
"name": "Sticky Note"
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"content": "# AI \u5beb\u611f\u8b1d\u4fe1",
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},
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],
"id": "51c13a56-4cc5-49b6-af36-1bd987da8d35",
"name": "Sticky Note1"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "# \u5bc4\u51fa\u611f\u8b1d\u4fe1\uff08Gmail\uff09",
"height": 224,
"width": 224
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
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],
"id": "44010aa5-b38a-4a2a-b769-42946e10d375",
"name": "Sticky Note2"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "# \u628a\u9019\u500b\u8cc7\u6599\u5beb\u5165 Google Sheets",
"height": 224,
"width": 304
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
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"position": [
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0
],
"id": "1fd1a9ea-3316-479b-8ea0-b13e796431f4",
"name": "Sticky Note3"
},
{
"parameters": {
"formTitle": "\u8acb\u586b\u4f60\u7684\u56de\u8986",
"formDescription": "test",
"formFields": {
"values": [
{
"fieldLabel": "email",
"requiredField": true
},
{
"fieldLabel": "\u8acb\u554f\u60a8\u7684\u540d\u5b57\u662f\uff5e",
"requiredField": true
},
{
"fieldLabel": "\u56de\u994b",
"requiredField": true
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger",
"typeVersion": 2.6,
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],
"id": "8d861359-b228-4b1c-b54c-b1e308ab65d2",
"name": "On form submission"
},
{
"parameters": {
"modelId": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"mode": "list",
"cachedResultName": "GPT-4.1-MINI"
},
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}
]
},
"builtInTools": {},
"options": {}
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi",
"typeVersion": 2.3,
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],
"id": "fe3892f1-2d28-46d8-b915-e105dbdf9853",
"name": "Message a model",
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"sendTo": "={{ $('On form submission').item.json.email }}",
"subject": "=\u611f\u8b1d\u60a8\u7684\u56de\u994b\uff0c{{ $('On form submission').item.json['\u8acb\u554f\u60a8\u7684\u540d\u5b57\u662f\uff5e'] }}\uff01",
"emailType": "html",
"message": "=<div style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; max-width: 560px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 32px 16px;\">\n <div style=\"background-color: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #eeeeee; border-radius: 12px; padding: 40px; box-shadow: 0 4px 16px rgba(0,0,0,0.06);\">\n <h1 style=\"color: #ea4b71; font-size: 22px; margin: 0 0 24px;\">\u611f\u8b1d\u60a8\u7684\u56de\u994b \ud83d\ude4f</h1>\n <p style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-line; margin: 0 0 32px;\">{{ $json.output[0].content[0].text }}</p>\n <div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 32px 0;\">\n <a href=\"https://n8n.io\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: #ea4b71; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; padding: 14px 32px; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 600; font-size: 14px; display: inline-block;\">\u4e86\u89e3\u66f4\u591a n8n \u81ea\u52d5\u5316</a>\n </div>\n <hr style=\"border: none; border-top: 1px solid #eeeeee; margin: 32px 0 16px;\" />\n <p style=\"color: #aaaaaa; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; margin: 0;\">\u6b64\u4fe1\u4ef6\u7531\u81ea\u52d5\u5316\u6d41\u7a0b\u5bc4\u51fa</p>\n </div>\n</div>",
"options": {
"appendAttribution": false
}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.2,
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],
"id": "35e9fd2e-67fe-4376-8d93-7c3dcfb7c00b",
"name": "Send a message",
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
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"width": 1008,
"color": 4
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"id": "329a1dfa-99e3-47e7-be6b-159a8fa7ebd2",
"name": "Sticky Note4"
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"content": "# \u65b0\u8cc7\u6599",
"height": 80,
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"color": 3
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"id": "bc972f33-c53f-412f-8de2-7c54495734b3",
"name": "Sticky Note5"
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{
"parameters": {
"resource": "sheet",
"operation": "append",
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": ""
},
"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": ""
},
"columns": {
"mappingMode": "defineBelow",
"value": {
"email": "={{ $('On form submission').item.json.email }}",
"name": "={{ $('On form submission').item.json['\u8acb\u554f\u60a8\u7684\u540d\u5b57\u662f\uff5e'] }}",
"feedback": "={{ $('On form submission').item.json['\u56de\u994b'] }}",
"thank_you_letter": "={{ $('Message a model').item.json.output[0].content[0].text }}",
"submitted_at": "={{ $now.toISO() }}"
},
"matchingColumns": [],
"schema": [],
"attemptToConvertTypes": false,
"convertFieldsToString": false
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
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"id": "dc71e067-a17c-4c93-91f1-07515fda5c9b",
"name": "Append row in sheet"
}
],
"connections": {
"On form submission": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Message a model",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Message a model": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Send a message",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Send a message": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Append row in sheet",
"type": "main",
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}
]
]
}
},
"active": false,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1",
"binaryMode": "separate"
},
"versionId": "517b0f7a-d350-42ad-bb8a-3dfcad496b1e",
"meta": {
"templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
},
"nodeGroups": [],
"id": "i4zsPSr5hvKS3jWO",
"tags": []
}
Credentials you'll need
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gmailOAuth2openAiApi
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About this workflow
Form Email. Uses formTrigger, openAi, gmail, googleSheets. Event-driven trigger; 10 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/JacobHsu/n8n/blob/c88fecb64da386d6a681c79a25320f120907c858/email/form_email.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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