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Get started with Google Sheets in n8n

Ready for 3.0

by Robert Breen ✓ · 24,162 views · created 2025-08-08 · Content Creation, Multimodal AI

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 8 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow”. Along the way it connects OpenAI Chat Model and Google Sheets.

How it runs

Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow”.

  1. Get Rows from Google Sheets (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
  2. Generate 1 Row of Data (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 4 fields: Name, Email, Topic…
  3. Write description (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI Chat Model; output parser: Structured Output Parser
  4. Append Data to google (Google Sheets): append
  5. Update Sheets data (Google Sheets): update

Services it uses

OpenAI Chat ModelGoogle Sheets

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 (6)

From the author

A hands-on starter workflow that teaches beginners how to: Pull rows from a Google Sheet Append a new record that mimics a form submission Generate AI-powered text with GPT-4o based on a “Topic” column Write the AI output back into the correct row using an…

Excerpt from Robert Breen's description on n8n.io.

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