Screen CVs and score candidates with Gmail, Google Drive, OpenAI, and Sheets
Ready for 3.0Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 18 nodes and runs on Gmail events. Along the way it connects OpenAI Chat Model, Google Drive, Google Sheets and Gmail.
How it runs
Trigger: On Gmail events.
- New CV (Google Drive): uses Google Drive
- Route by File Type (Switch): routes items into 3 branches
- Extract Text from Docx (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
- Download PDF File (Google Drive): download
- Download TXT File (Google Drive): download
- Download Word File (Google Drive): download
- Parse PDF Content (Extract from File): extracts data from a file (pdf)
- Parse Text Content (Extract from File): extracts data from a file (text)
- Parse Word Content (Extract from File): extracts data from a file (pdf)
- Standardize (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: text
…plus 5 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
- Still check Gmail Trigger below v1.4 runs as v1.4 (drafts skipped, max emails per poll) (On New Candidate Email).
Nodes used (11)
- Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - OpenAI Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi - Structured Output Parser
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured - Information Extractor
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.informationExtractor - Google Drive
n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Gmail Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.gmailTrigger - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Extract from File
n8n-nodes-base.extractFromFile - Switch
n8n-nodes-base.switch
From the author
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