Files & Documents

Extract Drive files, summarize with OpenAI, and save to Notion

8 nodes 119 77 Automatic trigger
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Workflow Description

Automates monitoring of a Google Drive folder, extracts new files, sends them to OpenAI for summarization, and automatically stores the summaries in a Notion database. Streamlines document organization and knowledge management across platforms.

How it works

  1. 1.Monitor Google Drive folder for new file uploads
  2. 2.Extract file content from Google Drive
  3. 3.Send content to OpenAI for intelligent summarization
  4. 4.Store summary and metadata in Notion database

Use cases

  • Automatically document and summarize important files for team reference
  • Create a searchable knowledge base with AI-generated summaries
  • Reduce manual time spent reading and summarizing documents

Requirements

  • Google Drive account with appropriate folder permissions
  • OpenAI API key with sufficient quota
  • Notion workspace with configured database

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 119
Downloads 77

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