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Extract Google Drive Files and Summarize Them in Notion with OpenAI

8 nodes 128 78 Automatic trigger
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Workflow Description

An automation that monitors a Google Drive folder, extracts content from new files, uses OpenAI to summarize them, and saves summaries as pages in a Notion database for automatic knowledge management and organization.

How it works

  1. 1.Monitor a specific Google Drive folder and detect new files
  2. 2.Download file content from Google Drive
  3. 3.Send content to OpenAI for automatic summarization
  4. 4.Create a new Notion page with the summary and metadata

Use cases

  • Organize summaries of research papers and important articles in a unified database
  • Document shared team files with instant AI-powered summaries

Requirements

  • A Google Drive account with sufficient access permissions to the monitored folder
  • An OpenAI API key and an active account with available credits
  • A Notion database ready with an appropriate template for storing summaries

Service Value

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

Apps Used

Google Drive Notion OpenAI

Details

Trigger Automatic trigger
Nodes 8
Apps 3
Views 128
Downloads 78

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 (8)

Google Drive Trigger

Google Drive Trigger

#1

Google Drive

Google Drive

#2

Notion

Notion

#3

OpenAI

OpenAI

#4

Sticky Note

Sticky Note

#5

Sticky Note1

Sticky Note

#6

Sticky Note2

Sticky Note

#7

OpenAI1

OpenAI

#8