Summarize Google Docs & PDFs with GPT-4 and send to Slack or email
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 10 nodes and runs on Google Drive events (watch folder updated). Along the way it connects OpenAI Chat Model, Google Drive, Google Docs and Slack and 1 more.
How it runs
Trigger: On Google Drive events (watch folder updated).
- Check Document Type (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Get a document (Google Docs): get
- Download PDF (Google Drive): download
- Set Field (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: text
- Convert to Text (Extract from File): extracts data from a file (pdf)
- Doc Summarizer (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI Chat Model
- Send message to Slack Channel (Slack): uses Slack
- Email the Summary (Gmail): uses Gmail
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.
Nodes used (10)
- OpenAI Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi - Google Drive Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.googleDriveTrigger - Google Docs
n8n-nodes-base.googleDocs - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - Extract from File
n8n-nodes-base.extractFromFile - Google Drive
n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive - Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack - Gmail
n8n-nodes-base.gmail - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent
From the author
📄 AI-Powered Document Summarizer & Notifier This workflow monitors a Google Drive folder for new files (Google Docs or PDFs), extracts text, summarizes content with OpenAI, and sends results to Slack or Email. --- 🔧 How It Works 1. Monitors a Google Drive…