Compose reply draft in Gmail with OpenAI Assistant
Workflow JSON
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After draft is composed, trigger label is deleted from the thread.\n\n**Please remember to configure your OpenAI Assistant first.**"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "fe47636b-2142-4c40-a937-2ec360b230ae", "name": "Sticky Note2", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [900, 460], "parameters": {"width": 451.41125086385614, "height": 313.3056033573073, "content": "### Schedule trigger and get emails\nRun the workflow in equal intervals and check for threads with specific labels (trigger labels)."}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "c9bfa42c-a045-404d-aebe-d87dceb68f1a", "name": "Sticky Note1", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [460, 680], "parameters": {"color": 3, "width": 421.0932411886662, "height": 257.42916378714597, "content": "## \u26a0\ufe0f Note\n\n1. Complete video guide for this workflow is available [on my YouTube](https://youtu.be/a8Dhj3Zh9vQ). \n2. Remember to add your credentials and configure nodes (covered in the video guide).\n3. If you like this workflow, please subscribe to [my YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@workfloows) and/or [my newsletter](https://workfloows.com/).\n\n**Thank you for your support!**"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "40424340-c0ec-435a-9ce0-0e0dc3b94cfc", "name": "Sticky Note4", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [2160, 460], "parameters": {"width": 381.6458068293894, "height": 313.7892229150129, "content": "### Generate reply\nTransfer email content to OpenAI Assitant and return AI-generated reply.\n"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "e7cce507-6658-414d-8cbc-3af847dad124", "name": "Sticky Note5", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [2800, 460], "parameters": {"width": 219.88389496558554, "height": 314.75072291501283, "content": "### Create HTML message\nConvert incoming Markdown from OpenAI Assistant into HTML content."}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "2b383967-0a23-46a1-9a19-a9532a3c3425", "name": "Sticky Note7", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [3040, 460], "parameters": {"width": 461.3148409669012, "height": 314.75072291501283, "content": "### Build and encode message\nCreate raw message in RFC standard and encode it into base64 string (please see [Gmail API reference](https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/reference/rest/v1/users.drafts/create) for more details)."}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "07685b17-cf22-4adf-a6b7-7acc2d863115", "name": "Sticky Note8", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [3520, 460], "parameters": {"width": 219.88389496558554, "height": 314.75072291501283, "content": "### Insert reply draft\nAdd reply draft from OpenAI Assistant to specific Gmail thread."}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "1e8109f8-7dd3-4308-a5e8-32382aa41805", "name": "Sticky Note9", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [3760, 460], "parameters": {"width": 219.88389496558554, "height": 314.75072291501283, "content": "### Remove label\nDelete trigger label from the Gmail thread."}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "d488db90-7367-49fa-b366-ccdfc796b5b3", "name": "Get threads with specific labels", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail", "position": [1180, 580], "parameters": {"filters": {"labelIds": []}, "resource": "thread", "returnAll": true}, "credentials": {"gmailOAuth2": {"id": "", "name": "[Your gmailOAuth2]"}}, "typeVersion": 2.1}, {"id": "9f5262c5-d319-4a9d-af6e-aa42970d1a6f", "name": "Ask OpenAI Assistant", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi", "position": [2220, 580], "parameters": {"text": "={{ $json.text }}", "prompt": "define", "options": {}, "resource": "assistant", "assistantId": {"__rl": true, "mode": "list", "value": "asst_kmKeAtwF2rv0vgF0ujY4jlp6", "cachedResultName": "Customer assistant"}}, "credentials": {"openAiApi": {"id": "", "name": "[Your openAiApi]"}}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "6ffd7d66-40b6-49a4-9e15-9742bda73d2f", "name": "Loop over threads", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches", "position": [1440, 580], "parameters": {"options": {}}, "typeVersion": 3}, {"id": "8afc47c8-075f-4f3d-a89d-fda81fc270fc", "name": "Get thread messages", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail", "position": [1700, 820], "parameters": {"options": {"returnOnlyMessages": true}, "resource": "thread", "threadId": "={{ $json.id }}", "operation": "get"}, "credentials": {"gmailOAuth2": {"id": "", "name": "[Your gmailOAuth2]"}}, "typeVersion": 2.1}, {"id": "2286bfa7-dcb8-4a61-a71b-ea58e21bf7ab", "name": "Return last message in thread", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.limit", "position": [1920, 820], "parameters": {"keep": "lastItems"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "44c52e61-dd88-4499-85db-69ce4704c2b2", "name": "Get single message content", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail", "position": [1700, 460], "parameters": {"simple": false, "options": {}, "messageId": "={{ $json.id }}", "operation": "get"}, "credentials": {"gmailOAuth2": {"id": "", "name": "[Your gmailOAuth2]"}}, "typeVersion": 2.1}, {"id": "7ca62611-f02e-47bf-b940-3a56ece443b7", "name": "Sticky Note10", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [1640, 340], "parameters": {"width": 219.88389496558554, "height": 314.75072291501283, "content": "### Return message content\nRetrieve content of the last message in the thread."}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "165df2a4-3c94-456d-9906-be8020098802", "name": "Sticky Note11", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [1640, 680], "parameters": {"width": 470.88389496558545, "height": 314.75072291501283, "content": "### Get last message from thread\nReturn all messages for a single thread and pass for further processing only the last one."}, "typeVersion": 1}], "active": false, "pinData": {}, "settings": {"executionOrder": "v1"}, "connections": {"Build email raw": {"main": [[{"node": "Convert raw to base64", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Loop over threads": {"main": [[{"node": "Get single message content", "type": "main", "index": 0}], [{"node": "Get thread messages", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Get thread messages": {"main": [[{"node": "Return last message in thread", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Ask OpenAI Assistant": {"main": [[{"node": "Map fields for further processing", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Convert raw to base64": {"main": [[{"node": "Add email draft to thread", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Convert response to HTML": {"main": [[{"node": "Build email raw", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Schedule trigger (1 min)": {"main": [[{"node": "Get threads with specific labels", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Add email draft to thread": {"main": [[{"node": "Remove AI label from email", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Get single message content": {"main": [[{"node": "Ask OpenAI Assistant", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Return last message in thread": {"main": [[{"node": "Loop over threads", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Get threads with specific labels": {"main": [[{"node": "Loop over threads", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Map fields for further processing": {"main": [[{"node": "Convert response to HTML", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}}}How to Import This Workflow
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