AI email assistant: Prioritize Gmail with ChatGPT summaries and Slack digests
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 14 nodes and runs on Gmail events (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects Gmail, OpenAI, Slack and Google Sheets.
How it runs
Trigger: On Gmail events (plus 1 other trigger).
- Message a model (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
- Get row(s) in sheet (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
- Code: runs custom JavaScript code
- Code: runs custom JavaScript code
- If: checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Code: runs custom JavaScript code
- Send a message (Slack): uses Slack
- Add label to message (Gmail): add labels
- Send a message (Slack): uses Slack
- Add label to message (Gmail): add labels
…plus 2 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) (Gmail Trigger).
Nodes used (8)
- Gmail Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.gmailTrigger - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack - Gmail
n8n-nodes-base.gmail - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger
From the author
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