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Read emails and process them with OpenAI

9 nodes 581 190 Manual trigger
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Workflow Description

Automation that reads emails via IMAP, sends them to OpenAI for intelligent processing, filters results according to defined criteria, and organizes outputs. Runs manually whenever you need it to analyze your incoming mail.

How it works

  1. 1.Read emails from inbox using IMAP protocol
  2. 2.Send email content to OpenAI for analysis and processing
  3. 3.Filter results based on predefined criteria
  4. 4.Organize and store outputs for review

Use cases

  • Automatically extract key information from bulk emails
  • Classify and prioritize messages based on content analysis
  • Generate smart summaries for lengthy email threads

Requirements

  • Active email account with IMAP settings enabled
  • Valid OpenAI API key
  • Predefined filtering criteria for processing

Service Value

Ideal as a smart automation service combining integrations and AI to produce ready-to-use results.

Apps Used

HTTP Request Split Out Email Read Imap Set OpenAI Filter

Details

Trigger Manual trigger
Nodes 9
Apps 6
Views 581
Downloads 190

How to Use

  1. 1.Click "Download Template"
  2. 2.Open your n8n dashboard
  3. 3.Go to Workflows > Import from File
  4. 4.Select downloaded file and configure credentials

Nodes Used (9)

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Session

HTTP Request

#1

Get Mailbox IDs

HTTP Request

#2

Split Out

Split Out

#3

Email Trigger (IMAP)

Email Read Imap

#4

Get fields from source email

Set

#5

OpenAI

OpenAI

#6

Filter for drafts folder

Filter

#7

upload draft email

HTTP Request

#8

gather data for draft email

Set

#9

Sticky Note

Sticky Note

#10

Sticky Note1

Sticky Note

#11
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