Gmail AI auto-responder: create draft replies to incoming emails
Ready-to-use n8n workflow template for marketing. This automation connects Gmail, OpenAI with 12 nodes. Import directly into your n8n instance and customize for your needs.
Workflow JSON
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Return in JSON format true if it does, false otherwise.\nMarketing emails don't require a response."}]}}, "typeVersion": 1.3}, {"id": "cab1e7e5-93dc-4850-a471-e285cdbe2058", "name": "Generate email reply", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainLlm", "position": [500, 520], "parameters": {"text": "=Subject: {{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.subject }}\nMessage: {{ $('Gmail Trigger').item.json.textAsHtml }}", "messages": {"messageValues": [{"message": "You're a helpful personal assistant and your task is to draft replies on my behalf to my incoming emails. Whenever I provide some text from an email, return an appropriate draft reply for it and nothing else.\nEnsure that the reply is suitable for a professional email setting and addresses the topic in a clear, structured, and detailed manner.\nDo not make things up.\n\nDetailed instructions:\n- Be concise and maintain a business casual tone.\n- Start with \"Hello,\", and end with \"Best,\"\n- When replying to yes-no questions, draft 2 responses: one affirmative and one negative separated by \" - - - - - - - OR - - - - - - - \"\n- If you don't know an answer, you can leave placeholders like \"[YOUR_ANSWER_HERE]\".\n- Don't use any special formatting, only plain text.\n- Reply in the same language as the inbound email."}]}, "promptType": "define"}, "typeVersion": 1.4}], "active": true, "pinData": {}, "settings": {"executionOrder": "v1"}, "versionId": "c4448c34-1f75-4479-805e-20d8a69a7e00", "connections": {"JSON Parser": {"ai_outputParser": [[{"node": "Assess if message needs a reply", "type": "ai_outputParser", "index": 0}]]}, "OpenAI Chat": {"ai_languageModel": [[{"node": "Assess if message needs a reply", "type": "ai_languageModel", "index": 0}]]}, "Gmail Trigger": {"main": [[{"node": "Assess if message needs a reply", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "If Needs Reply": {"main": [[{"node": "Generate email reply", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "OpenAI Chat Model": {"ai_languageModel": [[{"node": "Generate email reply", "type": "ai_languageModel", "index": 0}]]}, "Generate email reply": {"main": [[{"node": "Gmail - Create Draft", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Assess if message needs a reply": {"main": [[{"node": "If Needs Reply", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}}}How to Import This Workflow
- 1Copy the workflow JSON above using the Copy Workflow JSON button.
- 2Open your n8n instance and go to Workflows.
- 3Click Import from JSON and paste the copied workflow.
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