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AI Innovation Manager with Form & OpenAI

Original n8n title: Innovation Manager

Innovation Manager. Uses formTrigger, agent, lmChatOpenAi, googleSheetsTool. Event-driven trigger; 9 nodes.

Event trigger★★★☆☆ complexityAI-powered9 nodesForm TriggerAgentOpenAI ChatGoogle Sheets ToolGmailOutput Parser StructuredGmail Tool
AI & RAG Trigger: Event Nodes: 9 Complexity: ★★★☆☆ AI nodes: yes Added:

This workflow follows the Agent → Form Trigger recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.

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{
  "name": "Innovation Manager",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "formTitle": "Idee",
        "formDescription": "Ich hab eine Idee",
        "formFields": {
          "values": [
            {
              "fieldLabel": "die Idee Title",
              "placeholder": "Name",
              "requiredField": true
            },
            {
              "fieldLabel": "Idee Beschreibung",
              "fieldType": "textarea",
              "placeholder": "Beschreibung",
              "requiredField": true
            },
            {
              "fieldLabel": "Name",
              "fieldType": "email",
              "placeholder": "Email",
              "requiredField": true
            }
          ]
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 2.2,
      "position": [
        -120,
        -20
      ],
      "id": "fdb6462e-55f7-4db2-8dd6-1a7dbb6ddc23",
      "name": "On form submission"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "promptType": "define",
        "text": "=Hello woie geht es dir ich bin der Innovation Master und bewerte deinen Vorschlag, bitte pr\u00fcfe die Idee mit Titel  {{ $json['die Idee Title'] }} und beschreibung {{ $json['Idee Beschreibung'] }} und bewertung das Potential mit dem Scoring Tool Google Sheet und gib mir eine eien Bewertung von 1 bis 3. 1 ist ",
        "hasOutputParser": true,
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
        120,
        -20
      ],
      "id": "71b2af94-eb68-4069-ac65-dee13999c2d5",
      "name": "AI Agent"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "model": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "list",
          "value": "gpt-4o-mini"
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi",
      "typeVersion": 1.2,
      "position": [
        80,
        180
      ],
      "id": "6d00b8cc-ca82-421d-8b7d-6ad1527240ee",
      "name": "OpenAI Chat Model"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "documentId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "10j84yFJlqMq7YGbwHUTEUFHPIj-56yGx6W4v8rgHrnA",
          "mode": "list",
          "cachedResultName": "scoring",
          "cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10j84yFJlqMq7YGbwHUTEUFHPIj-56yGx6W4v8rgHrnA/edit?usp=drivesdk"
        },
        "sheetName": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "gid=0",
          "mode": "list",
          "cachedResultName": "Award",
          "cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10j84yFJlqMq7YGbwHUTEUFHPIj-56yGx6W4v8rgHrnA/edit#gid=0"
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheetsTool",
      "typeVersion": 4.6,
      "position": [
        240,
        200
      ],
      "id": "2c67652f-ff36-41b4-9ad2-10716d431bf1",
      "name": "Google Sheets2"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "conditions": {
          "options": {
            "caseSensitive": true,
            "leftValue": "",
            "typeValidation": "strict",
            "version": 2
          },
          "conditions": [
            {
              "id": "2d8fd572-00c0-495c-8b0f-ef19eb7e7510",
              "leftValue": "3",
              "rightValue": "",
              "operator": {
                "type": "string",
                "operation": "exists",
                "singleValue": true
              }
            }
          ],
          "combinator": "and"
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
      "typeVersion": 2.2,
      "position": [
        480,
        -20
      ],
      "id": "5ea8844a-8973-4710-9137-e2b824cda105",
      "name": "If"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "sendTo": "lifedots@gmail.com",
        "subject": "Einladung zum Pitch",
        "message": "Klasse Idee wir machen das, bereit f\u00fcr Meeting?",
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
      "typeVersion": 2.1,
      "position": [
        700,
        80
      ],
      "id": "00461820-e1df-46f4-8bcc-48c28abcfb39",
      "name": "Gmail",
      "credentials": {
        "gmailOAuth2": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "sendTo": "lifedots@gmail.com",
        "subject": "Feedback Idee",
        "message": "Wir haben deine Idee gepr\u00fcft, du mu\u00dft da noch nacharbeiter der Score war leider zu gering, bitte versuche deine Idee noch besser auf Kunden auszurichten",
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
      "typeVersion": 2.1,
      "position": [
        700,
        -120
      ],
      "id": "0ada6eed-a9f8-442b-ad1d-159c21393390",
      "name": "Gmail1",
      "credentials": {
        "gmailOAuth2": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "jsonSchemaExample": "{\n\t\"Socring\": \"Bewertung\",\n\t\"Bewertung\": [\"1\", \"2\", \"3\"]\n}"
      },
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured",
      "typeVersion": 1.2,
      "position": [
        400,
        200
      ],
      "id": "dd708a05-72ca-4bc6-ab22-6b5ce04b466a",
      "name": "Structured Output Parser"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmailTool",
      "typeVersion": 2.1,
      "position": [
        540,
        200
      ],
      "id": "90205998-4d64-4672-ad63-e7b28d7f9a60",
      "name": "Gmail2"
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "On form submission": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "AI Agent",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "OpenAI Chat Model": {
      "ai_languageModel": [
        [
          {
            "node": "AI Agent",
            "type": "ai_languageModel",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "AI Agent": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "If",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Google Sheets2": {
      "ai_tool": [
        [
          {
            "node": "AI Agent",
            "type": "ai_tool",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "If": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Gmail1",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ],
        [
          {
            "node": "Gmail",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Structured Output Parser": {
      "ai_outputParser": [
        [
          {
            "node": "AI Agent",
            "type": "ai_outputParser",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Gmail2": {
      "ai_tool": [
        [
          {
            "node": "AI Agent",
            "type": "ai_tool",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "active": false,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "versionId": "611ab14c-ebad-4fed-bce2-4b57cadb07bc",
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
  },
  "id": "f7PXru81syZ54lXs",
  "tags": [
    {
      "createdAt": "2025-02-10T19:57:43.633Z",
      "updatedAt": "2025-02-10T19:57:43.633Z",
      "id": "YkjK4bhKHyNQDfSl",
      "name": "productive"
    }
  ]
}

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About this workflow

Innovation Manager. Uses formTrigger, agent, lmChatOpenAi, googleSheetsTool. Event-driven trigger; 9 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/Maikl75/Templates/blob/5ce983bb7956583ed9cf84b66b202c516d7b132e/Innovation_Manager.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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