Auto Categorise Outlook Emails with AI

n8n template #2454

Summary

Automate your email management with this workflow, designed for freelancers and business professionals who receive high volumes of emails. By leveraging AI-powered categorisation and dynamic email processing, this template helps you organise your inbox and streamline communication for better efficiency and productivity. Check out the YouTube video for step-by-step set up instructions! How it works: Fetch & Filter Emails: The workflow retrieves emails from your Microsoft Outlook account, filtering out flagged emails and those already categorised. Content Preparation: Each email is cleaned up and converted to a structured format using Markdown, making it easier for AI processing. AI Categoriza

How to set it up

Open template #2454 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: Microsoft Outlook, Ollama 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 "Auto Categorise Outlook Emails with AI" (https://n8n.io/workflows/2454). It uses: Microsoft Outlook, AI Agent, Ollama Chat Model. 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

Microsoft Outlook AI Agent Ollama Chat Model

Questions

Yes. Wayne Simpson published it free on n8n.io as a verified creator, and it has 39K views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.

Microsoft Outlook, Ollama Chat Model. The other 1 node are built into n8n.

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