AI Agents

Generate intelligent email replies and save as Gmail drafts

12 nodes 220 139 Automatic trigger
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Workflow Description

An automation that monitors incoming Gmail messages, analyzes them with an AI model, generates contextual and professional replies automatically, then stores them as drafts for your review before sending. This preserves your control while saving drafting time on routine correspondence.

How it works

  1. 1.Detect new incoming email in Gmail inbox
  2. 2.Send email content to OpenAI language model for intelligent reply generation
  3. 3.Parse and structure the generated response text for proper formatting
  4. 4.Save formatted reply as a draft message in Gmail ready for review

Use cases

  • Reduce time spent drafting responses to repetitive customer inquiries
  • Create professional auto-replies while maintaining human approval before sending
  • Scale email management across large volumes with AI assistance

Requirements

  • Active Gmail account with API access enabled
  • Valid OpenAI API key with sufficient credits
  • Gmail permissions to read messages and create draft messages

Service Value

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

Apps Used

Gmail Output Parser OpenAI LLM Chain

Details

Trigger Automatic trigger
Nodes 12
Apps 4
Views 220
Downloads 139

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 (12)

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Gmail Trigger

Gmail

#1

If Needs Reply

If

#2

JSON Parser

Output Parser Structured

#3

OpenAI Chat

OpenAI

#4

Sticky Note

Sticky Note

#5

Sticky Note1

Sticky Note

#6

Sticky Note2

Sticky Note

#7

Sticky Note3

Sticky Note

#8

OpenAI Chat Model

OpenAI

#9

Gmail - Create Draft

Gmail

#10

Assess if message needs a reply

LLM Chain

#11

Generate email reply

LLM Chain

#12