AI-Powered Email Automation for Business: Summarize & Respond with RAG

n8n template #2852

Summary

This workflow is ideal for businesses looking to automate their email responses, especially for handling inquiries about company information. It leverages AI to ensure accurate and professional communication. How It Works Email Trigger: The workflow starts with the Email Trigger (IMAP) node, which monitors an email inbox for new messages. When a new email arrives, it triggers the workflow. Email Preprocessing: The Markdown node converts the email's HTML content into plain text for easier processing by the AI models. Email Summarization: The Email Summarization Chain node uses an AI model (DeepSeek R1) to generate a concise summary of the email. The summary is limited to 100 words and is writ

How to set it up

Open template #2852 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
Create 5 credentials under Credentials → Add credential: Send Email, Google Drive, Embeddings OpenAI, OpenAI Chat Model, Qdrant Vector Store. 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 "AI-Powered Email Automation for Business: Summarize & Respond with RAG" (https://n8n.io/workflows/2852). It uses: Send Email, HTTP Request, Google Drive, AI Agent, Summarization Chain, Basic LLM Chain, Embeddings OpenAI, OpenAI Chat Model, Token Splitter, Default Data Loader, Qdrant Vector Store, Text Classifier. 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

Send Email HTTP Request Google Drive AI Agent Summarization Chain Basic LLM Chain Embeddings OpenAI OpenAI Chat Model Token Splitter Default Data Loader Qdrant Vector Store Text Classifier

Questions

Yes. Davide Boizza published it free on n8n.io as a verified creator, and it has 12K views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.

Send Email, Google Drive, Embeddings OpenAI, OpenAI Chat Model, Qdrant Vector Store. The other 7 nodes are built into n8n.

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