Smart Email Triage with Gmail, GPT-4, Slack and Google Sheets

Description This workflow intelligently analyzes incoming Gmail emails, classifies intent using GPT-4, and sends real-time Slack notifications while logging structured data into Google Sheets. It provides a smart, AI-assisted communication workflow that saves time and ensures no important email is overlooked. 🤖💌📊

What This Template Does Monitors Gmail for unread or new incoming emails. 📥 Extracts sender, subject, and body content for processing. ✉️ Uses GPT-4 to analyze email intent and determine priority. 🧠 Formats key insights (sender, summary, intent, urgency). 🧾 Posts structured summaries and priority alerts in Slack. 💬 Logs all processed emails with classification results in Google Sheets. 📊 Sends error notifications in case of API or parsing failures. 🚨

Key Benefits ✅ AI-driven email intent classification for smarter response handling. ✅ Seamless Slack notifications for high-priority or urgent emails. ✅ Maintains a centralized record of email insights in Google Sheets. ✅ Reduces response time by surfacing critical messages instantly. ✅ Minimizes manual email triage and improves team productivity.

Features Real-time Gmail monitoring for unread emails. AI-based classification using GPT-4. Slack notifications with rich formatting and urgency tagging. Google Sheets logging for tracking and analytics. Built-in error handling with notification alerts. Modular setup for easy credential reuse across projects.

Requirements Gmail OAuth2 credentials with inbox read access. Slack Bot token with chat:write and channels:history scopes. Google Sheets OAuth2 credentials for data logging. Azure OpenAI (or OpenAI GPT-4) API credentials. n8n instance (cloud or self-hosted).

Target Audience Customer support teams managing shared inboxes. Operations teams tracking email-based requests. Sales or marketing teams prioritizing inbound leads. AI automation enthusiasts optimizing email workflows. Remote teams using Slack for real-time updates.

Step-by-Step Setup Instructions Connect your Gmail, Slack, Google Sheets, and GPT-4 credentials in n8n. 🔑 Specify the Gmail search filter (e.g., is:unread) for tracking new emails. 📬 Add your Slack channel ID in the notification node. 💬 Set your Google Sheet ID and tab name for logging results. 📊 Run once manually to verify connection and output structure. ✅ Enable the workflow for continuous, real-time execution. 🚀