Build a Personal Assistant with Google Gemini, Gmail and Calendar using MCP
n8n template #3905Summary
Use templateTalk to Your Apps: Building a Personal Assistant MCP Server with Google Gemini Wouldn't it be cool to just tell your computer or phone to "schedule a meeting with Sarah next Tuesday at 3 PM" or "find John Doe's email address" and have it actually do it? That's the dream of a personal assistant! With n8n and the power of MCP and AI models like Google Gemini, you can actually build something pretty close to that. We've put together a workflow that shows you how you can use a natural language chat interface to interact with your other apps, like your CRM, email, and calendar. What You Need to Get Started Before you dive in, you'll need a few things: n8n: An n8n instance (either cloud or self-ho
How to set it up
- Open template #3905 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
- Create a credential under Credentials → Add credential: Google Gemini 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 "Build a Personal Assistant with Google Gemini, Gmail and Calendar using MCP" (https://n8n.io/workflows/3905). It uses: AI Agent, Simple Memory, Google Gemini Chat Model, MCP Client Tool. 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. Aitor | 1Node published it free on n8n.io as a verified creator, and it has 21K views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.
Google Gemini Chat Model. The other 3 nodes are built into n8n.
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