Gmail AI auto-responder: create draft replies to incoming emails
Configured with Chain LLM, Gmail, Gmail Trigger, OpenAI Chat Model, and additional nodes. Review the connections and setup before adapting this template.
Node categories in this workflow
- Trigger
- Routing
- Transform
- AI & models
- Messaging
Icons describe general node roles, inferred from node types. Inspect the parameters for the configured action.
Drag to pan; use + and − to zoom. Reconstructed from the exported node positions; nothing runs here. Dashed lines represent non-main connections. Full node names and notes appear below.
How it works
The exported workflow contains the following configured nodes. Their connections are shown above; inspect the JSON for the complete logic, expressions, and external actions.
| Node | Category | Type | Operation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gmail Trigger | Trigger | Gmail Trigger | See node parameters |
| If Needs Reply | Routing | If | See node parameters |
| JSON Parser | Transform | Output Parser Structured | See node parameters |
| OpenAI Chat | AI & models | OpenAI Chat Model | See node parameters |
| OpenAI Chat Model | AI & models | OpenAI Chat Model | See node parameters |
| Gmail - Create Draft | Messaging | Gmail | draft |
| Assess if message needs a reply | AI & models | Chain LLM | See node parameters |
| Generate email reply | AI & models | Chain LLM | See node parameters |
Setup
- Download the JSON and import it into an isolated n8n instance. Leave the workflow inactive.
- Connect your own credentials through n8n’s credential store. Replace
REPLACE_WITH_*values with your resource identifiers. - Inspect API destinations, Code nodes, database queries, file paths, and outbound actions.
- Run with synthetic data and harmless destinations. Enable triggers only after checking the actual outputs.
Requirements
An n8n instance with the listed node types and compatible versions. Service-connected workflows may require accounts, credentials, or paid APIs.
Credential types declared in the source
gmailOAuth2openAiApi
Workflow notes
Gmail AI auto-responder: create draft replies to incoming emails
Gmail AI auto-responder: create draft replies to incoming emails
Purpose and structure
This folder contains the Gmail AI auto-responder: create draft replies to incoming emails workflow. Its executable nodes use chainLlm, gmail, gmailTrigger, if, lmChatOpenAi, outputParserStructured. The table and connection map below are derived from the JSON, not an inferred guarantee of behavior.
Setup
Import inactive. Configure your own credentials and replace REPLACE_WITH_* values. Review external destinations and Code nodes before running.
Entry points
Gmail Trigger
Verification
Sanitized source candidate; not runtime-tested. This overview is generated from node metadata. Read the folder README for the connection map, credential types, and license.
Attribution
https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows/blob/94007c1445d9258a7da116646b79473e7c7c3282/workflows/Gmail/1479_Gmail_Stickynote_Create_Triggered.json MIT; preserve source notices.
Canvas section labels
These name areas of the original canvas; they do not include explanatory instructions.
- When I receive an Email
- ... that Needs a Reply
- Generate a Reply
- ...as a Draft in the conversation