Robert Breen This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #7600 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Agent → Chat Trigger recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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"content": "\n\n## \u2699\ufe0f Setup Instructions\n\n### 1\ufe0f\u20e3 Set Up OpenAI Connection\n1. Go to [OpenAI Platform](https://platform.openai.com/api-keys) \n2. Navigate to [OpenAI Billing](https://platform.openai.com/settings/organization/billing/overview) \n3. Add funds to your billing account \n4. Copy your API key into the **OpenAI credentials** in n8n \n\n### 2\ufe0f\u20e3 Set Up Outlook Connection\n1. In n8n \u2192 **Credentials \u2192 New \u2192 Microsoft Outlook OAuth2 API** \n2. Log in with your Outlook account & approve access \n3. Attach this credential to the **Search Outlook** node in the workflow \n4. (Optional) Change the `limit` parameter in the node if you want more/less than 5 results \n\n---\n\n## \ud83d\udcec Contact Information\nNeed help customizing this workflow or building similar automations? \n\n\ud83d\udce7 [robert@ynteractive.com](mailto:robert@ynteractive.com) \n\ud83d\udd17 [Robert Breen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-breen-29429625/) \n\ud83c\udf10 [ynteractive.com](https://ynteractive.com) \n"
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"content": "# \ud83d\udce7 Outlook Email Search Assistant (n8n + OpenAI)\n\nThis workflow allows you to **search your Outlook mailbox with natural language**. You type what you\u2019re looking for (e.g., \u201cinvoice from last week\u201d), and the workflow: \n1. Uses **OpenAI** to generate a search query. \n2. Searches Outlook emails and ranks them by relevance. \n3. Outputs results in a simple table with **score + link** to each email. \n"
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"content": "### 1\ufe0f\u20e3 Set Up OpenAI Connection\n1. Go to [OpenAI Platform](https://platform.openai.com/api-keys) \n2. Navigate to [OpenAI Billing](https://platform.openai.com/settings/organization/billing/overview) \n3. Add funds to your billing account \n4. Copy your API key into the **OpenAI credentials** in n8n "
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"systemMessage": "Take in a search that someone wants to search their outlook for a specific mail. Once they tell you what they wnat, output a search term. \n\nOutput like this. \n\n{\n\t\"search\": \"search term\"\n}"
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"text": "=User question: {{ $json.chatInput }} Email content: {{ $json.body.content }} sender: {{ $json.sender.emailAddress.address }} url: {{ $json.webLink }}",
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"content": "### 2\ufe0f\u20e3 Set Up Outlook Connection\n1. In n8n \u2192 **Credentials \u2192 New \u2192 Microsoft Outlook OAuth2 API** \n2. Log in with your Outlook account & approve access \n3. Attach this credential to the **Search Outlook** node in the workflow \n4. (Optional) Change the `limit` parameter in the node if you want more/less than 5 results "
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About this workflow
This workflow allows you to search your Outlook mailbox with natural language. You type what you’re looking for (e.g., “invoice from last week”), and the workflow: Uses OpenAI to generate a search query. Searches Outlook emails and ranks them by relevance. Outputs results in a…
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