Add Project Tasks to Google Sheets with GPT-4.1-mini Chat Assistant
n8n template #10230Summary
Use templateLet your team create, track, and manage project tasks through natural conversation. This workflow uses an AI Project Manager Agent that chats with users, gathers the task details it needs, and automatically adds them to a Google Sheet. ✅ What this template does Lets you chat naturally with an AI to add new project tasks Automatically detects if the user wants to create or update an item (updates coming soon) Collects Task, Description, and Status fields — allows “don’t know” responses Appends new entries directly into your connected Google Sheets Provides real-time confirmation when the task is added > Trigger: n8n Chat Trigger > Integrations: OpenAI GPT-4.1-mini + Google Sheets (OAuth
How to set it up
- Open template #10230 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
- Create 2 credentials under Credentials → Add credential: Google Sheets, OpenAI Chat Model. Then open each of those nodes and pick the credential.
- Check the model in the AI Agent node. The template may point at a model your account can't use; swap it for one you have access to.
- Click Execute workflow and step through each node's output to confirm the data looks right.
- Toggle the workflow to Active so its trigger runs on its own.
Hand off to your agent
Prompt
Help me set up the n8n workflow "Add Project Tasks to Google Sheets with GPT-4.1-mini Chat Assistant" (https://n8n.io/workflows/10230). It uses: Google Sheets, AI Agent, OpenAI Chat Model, Simple Memory, Structured Output Parser. Import the template JSON into my n8n instance, list every credential I need to create, and walk me through testing it.
Paste into Claude Code and it will do the rest.
Apps and nodes
Questions
Yes. Robert Breen published it free on n8n.io as a verified creator, and it has 13K views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.
Google Sheets, OpenAI Chat Model. The other 3 nodes are built into n8n.
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