Automated email classification & response system with Groq AI and Pinecone
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 34 nodes and runs when a new email arrives over IMAP (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects Groq Chat Model, X (Formerly Twitter), Pinecone Vector Store and Embeddings Cohere. It also calls dropbox.com over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: When a new email arrives over IMAP (plus 1 other trigger).
- Code: runs custom JavaScript code
- HTTP Request: calls dropbox.com
- Switch: routes items into 7 branches
- Extract from File: extracts data from a file (pdf)
- Basic LLM Chain: sends a prompt to an LLM, with model: Groq Chat Model
- bill send to team (Send Email): sends an email over SMTP
- Send to customer (Send Email): sends an email over SMTP
- Sentiment Analysis: scores sentiment with AI, with model: Groq Chat Model
- RAG INQURY REPLY (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: Groq Chat Model; 1 tool (Pinecone Vector Store)
- TO SALES TEAM (Send Email): sends an email over SMTP
…plus 13 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: dropbox.com
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 (16)
- Email Trigger (IMAP)
n8n-nodes-base.emailReadImap - Switch
n8n-nodes-base.switch - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - Basic LLM Chain
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainLlm - Groq Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatGroq - X (Formerly Twitter)
n8n-nodes-base.twitter - Pinecone Vector Store
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.vectorStorePinecone - Embeddings Cohere
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.embeddingsCohere - Manual Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Extract from File
n8n-nodes-base.extractFromFile - Default Data Loader
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.documentDefaultDataLoader - Recursive Character Text Splitter
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.textSplitterRecursiveCharacterTextSplitter - Send Email
n8n-nodes-base.emailSend - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - Sentiment Analysis
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.sentimentAnalysis
From the author
📝 Description This workflow helps automatically classify incoming emails using a combination of conditional logic and minimal AI-based classification. The system checks email content, performs sentiment analysis, uses OpenAI for categorization, and routes…