Summarize Emails with AI & Send to Messenger

The workflow JSON

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{
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  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
  },
  "name": "Summarize emails with A.I. then send to messenger",
  "tags": [],
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "50e12e63-df28-45ac-9208-48cbf5116d09",
      "name": "Read emails (IMAP)",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.emailReadImap",
      "position": [
        340,
        260
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "postProcessAction": "nothing"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "imap": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "6565350b-2269-44e3-8f36-8797f32d3e09",
      "name": "Send email to A.I. to summarize",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [
        700,
        260
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions",
        "method": "POST",
        "options": {},
        "jsonBody": "={\n  \"model\": \"meta-llama/llama-3.1-70b-instruct:free\",\n  \"messages\": [\n    {\n      \"role\": \"user\",\n      \"content\": \"I want you to read and summarize all the emails. If it's not rimportant, just give me a short summary with less than 10 words.\\n\\nHighlight as important if it is, add an emoji to indicate it is urgent:\\nFor the relevant content, find any action items and deadlines. Sometimes I need to sign up before a certain date or pay before a certain date, please highlight that in the summary for me.\\n\\nPut the deadline in BOLD at the top. If the email is not important, keep the summary short to 1 sentence only.\\n\\nHere's the email content for you to read:\\nSender email address: {{ encodeURIComponent($json.from) }}\\nSubject: {{ encodeURIComponent($json.subject) }}\\n{{ encodeURIComponent($json.textHtml) }}\"\n    }\n  ]\n}",
        "sendBody": true,
        "specifyBody": "json",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "httpHeaderAuth": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "alwaysOutputData": false
    },
    {
      "id": "d04c422a-c000-4e48-82d0-0bf44bcd9fff",
      "name": "Send summarized content to messenger",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [
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        260
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://api.line.me/v2/bot/message/push",
        "method": "POST",
        "options": {},
        "jsonBody": "={\n  \"to\": \"U3ec262c49811f30cdc2d2f2b0a0df99a\",\n  \"messages\": [\n    {\n      \"type\": \"text\",\n      \"text\": \"{{ $json.choices[0].message.content.replace(/\\n/g, \"\\\\n\") }}\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n\n\n  ",
        "sendBody": true,
        "specifyBody": "json",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "httpHeaderAuth": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 4.2
    },
    {
      "id": "57a1219c-4f40-407c-855b-86c4c7c468bb",
      "name": "Sticky Note",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        180,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 361,
        "height": 90,
        "content": "## Summarize emails with A.I.\nYou can find out more about the [use case](https://rumjahn.com/how-a-i-saved-my-kids-school-life-and-my-marriage/)"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "17686264-56ac-419e-a32b-dc5c75f15f1f",
      "name": "Sticky Note1",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        283,
        141
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 5,
        "width": 229,
        "height": 280,
        "content": "Find your email server's IMAP Settings. \n- Link for [gmail](https://www.getmailspring.com/setup/access-gmail-via-imap-smtp)"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "1862abd6-7dca-4c66-90d6-110d4fcf4d99",
      "name": "Sticky Note2",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        580,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 6,
        "width": 365,
        "height": 442,
        "content": "For the A.I. you can use Openrouter.ai. \n- Set up a free account\n- The A.I. model selected is FREE to use.\n## Credentials\n- Use header auth\n- Username: Authorization\n- Password: Bearer {insert your API key}.\n- The password is \"Bearer\" space plus your API key."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "c4a3a76f-539d-4bbf-8f95-d7aaebf39a55",
      "name": "Sticky Note3",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        1000,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 4,
        "width": 307,
        "height": 439,
        "content": "Don't use the official Line node. It's outdated.\n## Credentials\n- Use header auth\n- Username: Authorization\n- Password: Bearer {channel access token}\n\nYou can find your channel access token at the [Line API console](https://developers.line.biz/console/). Go to Messaging API and scroll to the bottom."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "active": false,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "versionId": "81216e6a-2bd8-4215-8a96-376ee520469d",
  "connections": {
    "Read emails (IMAP)": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Send email to A.I. to summarize",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Send email to A.I. to summarize": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Send summarized content to messenger",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Credentials you'll need

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• httpHeaderAuth
• imap

About this workflow

Summarize emails with A.I. then send to messenger. Uses emailReadImap, httpRequest, stickyNote. Manual trigger; 7 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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