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The workflow JSON
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{
"name": "Honcho Empowered Email AI Agent",
"nodes": [
{
"parameters": {
"content": "## Data Ingestion\nLoads Gmail email into Honcho.\n\n**Run this section first** by clicking 'Execute workflow'.",
"height": 356,
"width": 2008
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
-16,
-64
],
"id": "53f767a8-8df9-4ad7-8a3d-37c145495627",
"name": "Sticky Note - Data Ingestion"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "## AI Chat With Honcho context()\nQuery your email data using natural language.\n\n**Run after data ingestion** to chat with the agent.",
"height": 480,
"width": 752
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
32,
464
],
"id": "34066961-d29e-4fe8-93bf-8f7043e142b0",
"name": "Sticky Note - AI Chat"
},
{
"parameters": {
"model": "gpt-4o",
"options": {}
},
"id": "16da7a98-5622-427a-bbab-1be39f828d0b",
"name": "OpenAI Chat Model",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi",
"position": [
240,
800
],
"typeVersion": 1,
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"options": {
"systemMessage": "You are a helpful assistant that retrieves context about email conversations.\n\nUse the Context tool to retrieve session context.\n\nToday's date: {{ $now }}"
}
},
"id": "049c3c19-756c-4755-88d9-94312857d9bb",
"name": "AI Agent",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent",
"position": [
368,
576
],
"typeVersion": 1.7
},
{
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"id": "b9a2ef6a-0e81-45c9-a5ea-16e74a9aa77d",
"name": "When chat message received",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chatTrigger",
"position": [
80,
576
],
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"parameters": {
"method": "POST",
"url": "=https://api.honcho.dev/v3/workspaces/{{ $('Get or Create Workspace').item.json.id }}/peers",
"authentication": "predefinedCredentialType",
"nodeCredentialType": "httpBearerAuth",
"sendBody": true,
"bodyParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "id",
"value": "={{ $json.name }}"
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"typeVersion": 4.3,
"position": [
1296,
96
],
"id": "f2e81445-a866-4d9f-9a8a-b2dc8cbaea8b",
"name": "Get or Create Peer",
"credentials": {
"httpBearerAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "get",
"messageId": "19b8fee837985953"
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.2,
"position": [
608,
96
],
"id": "ee5d8cc7-876b-4096-b6e5-14f1b92084a6",
"name": "Get a message",
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"method": "POST",
"url": "=https://api.honcho.dev/v3/workspaces/{{ $('Get or Create Workspace').item.json.id }}/sessions",
"authentication": "predefinedCredentialType",
"nodeCredentialType": "httpBearerAuth",
"sendBody": true,
"bodyParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "id",
"value": "=new_session"
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"typeVersion": 4.3,
"position": [
448,
96
],
"id": "eef01db2-3355-484d-97b8-34480c40fcf8",
"name": "Get or Create Session",
"credentials": {
"httpBearerAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
48,
96
],
"id": "a9de9d8f-7911-444f-99bd-7d287f587eff",
"name": "When clicking 'Execute workflow'"
},
{
"parameters": {
"method": "POST",
"url": "https://api.honcho.dev/v3/workspaces",
"authentication": "predefinedCredentialType",
"nodeCredentialType": "httpBearerAuth",
"sendBody": true,
"specifyBody": "json",
"jsonBody": "{\n \"id\": \"email-test\",\n \"metadata\": {}\n}",
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"typeVersion": 4.3,
"position": [
240,
96
],
"id": "49b91f82-1cd8-49aa-85a5-57a8ad7b5128",
"name": "Get or Create Workspace",
"credentials": {
"httpBearerAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "allEmails",
"name": "allEmails",
"type": "array",
"value": "={{ [$json.From, $json.To, $json.Cc, $json.Bcc].filter(Boolean).flatMap(field => field.split(',').map(e => e.trim())).filter(Boolean) }}"
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"typeVersion": 3.4,
"position": [
784,
96
],
"id": "3eb4ce63-d95c-42d7-8a16-f35e2419d8c0",
"name": "Combine Email Fields"
},
{
"parameters": {
"fieldToSplitOut": "allEmails",
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
960,
96
],
"id": "4702001d-40f5-4b44-b443-6fb0b94e58a9",
"name": "Split Out"
},
{
"parameters": {
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "name",
"name": "name",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.allEmails.split('<')[0].trim().replace(/ /g, '_') }}"
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"typeVersion": 3.4,
"position": [
1136,
96
],
"id": "93327201-bfbe-4385-bfcd-7646f0513a62",
"name": "Clean Names"
},
{
"parameters": {
"method": "POST",
"url": "=https://api.honcho.dev/v3/workspaces/{{ $('Get or Create Workspace').item.json.id }}/sessions/{{ $('Get or Create Session').item.json.id }}/messages/",
"authentication": "predefinedCredentialType",
"nodeCredentialType": "httpBearerAuth",
"sendBody": true,
"specifyBody": "json",
"jsonBody": "={\"messages\": [{\"content\": \"{{ $('Get a message').item.json.snippet }}\", \"peer_id\": \"{{ $('Get a message').item.json.From.split('<')[0].trim().replace(/ /g, '_') }}\"}]}",
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"typeVersion": 4.3,
"position": [
1808,
96
],
"id": "cb6732d0-e5a9-4d6e-98ef-8fe1c290740b",
"name": "Create Message for Session",
"credentials": {
"httpBearerAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"method": "POST",
"url": "=https://api.honcho.dev/v3/workspaces/{{ $('Get or Create Workspace').item.json.id }}/sessions/{{ $('Get or Create Session').item.json.id }}/peers",
"authentication": "predefinedCredentialType",
"nodeCredentialType": "httpBearerAuth",
"sendBody": true,
"specifyBody": "json",
"jsonBody": "={\"{{ $json.id }}\": {}}",
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"typeVersion": 4.3,
"position": [
1472,
96
],
"id": "3c2065b6-bd68-4698-a740-db3cd52f2267",
"name": "Add Peers to Session",
"credentials": {
"httpBearerAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.limit",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
1632,
96
],
"id": "d7c38f49-1a76-4a67-a540-4bec7aae1d9f",
"name": "Limit"
},
{
"parameters": {
"url": "https://api.honcho.dev/v3/workspaces/email-test/sessions/new_session/context",
"authentication": "predefinedCredentialType",
"nodeCredentialType": "httpBearerAuth",
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequestTool",
"typeVersion": 4.3,
"position": [
656,
784
],
"id": "095e62d6-aae3-4eb8-9b9c-c473bfe2716d",
"name": "Context",
"credentials": {
"httpBearerAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
}
],
"connections": {
"OpenAI Chat Model": {
"ai_languageModel": [
[
{
"node": "AI Agent",
"type": "ai_languageModel",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"When chat message received": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "AI Agent",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"When clicking 'Execute workflow'": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get or Create Workspace",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get or Create Workspace": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get or Create Session",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get a message": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Combine Email Fields",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get or Create Session": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get a message",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Combine Email Fields": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Split Out",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Split Out": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Clean Names",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Clean Names": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get or Create Peer",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get or Create Peer": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Add Peers to Session",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Add Peers to Session": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Limit",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Limit": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Create Message for Session",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Context": {
"ai_tool": [
[
{
"node": "AI Agent",
"type": "ai_tool",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
},
"active": false,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1",
"availableInMCP": false
},
"versionId": "ba0a3b77-cc19-49fd-9189-aaee65b35f99",
"meta": {
"templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
},
"id": "dKOYeEOdrZOetmFRmIAUJ",
"tags": []
}
Credentials you'll need
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gmailOAuth2httpBearerAuthopenAiApi
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About this workflow
Honcho Empowered Email AI Agent. Uses lmChatOpenAi, agent, chatTrigger, httpRequest. Chat trigger; 17 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho/blob/b0f0295fd1d6a46e460ed924d8a72dc9ae3cb16a/examples/n8n/n8n.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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