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Daily email digest with GPT-4 summaries to Google Docs

Ready for 3.0

by Michael Gullo ✓ · 2,360 views · created 2025-07-19 · Personal Productivity, AI Summarization

Ready 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 9 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day at 08:00). Along the way it connects Gmail, OpenAI and Google Docs.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every day at 08:00).

  1. Get Gmail (Gmail): get many
  2. Limit: keeps the first few items
  3. If: checks a condition and branches into true / false
  4. Email (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  5. No Email (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  6. Summary Email OpenAI (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
  7. Create Google Docs (Google Docs): uses Google Docs
  8. Update Google Docs (Google Docs): update

Services it uses

GmailOpenAIGoogle Docs

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.

Nodes used (7)

From the author

A Customizable n8n Automation That Turns Your Inbox Into A Daily Digest. The goal of this workflow is to offer a highly customizable foundation that users can tailor to fit their specific platform and setup. While the current version uses Gmail, it can easily…

Excerpt from Michael Gullo's description on n8n.io.

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