Effortless Email Management with AI-Powered Summarization & Review

n8n template #2862

Summary

How it Works This workflow automates the handling of incoming emails, summarizes their content, generates appropriate responses using a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) approach, and obtains approval or suggestions before sending replies. Below is an explanation of its functionality divided into two main sections: Email Handling and Summarization: The process begins with the Email Trigger (IMAP) node which listens for new emails in a specified inbox. Once an email is received, the Markdown node converts its HTML content into plain text if necessary, followed by the Email Summarization Chain that uses AI to create a concise summary of up to 100 words. Response Generation and Approval: A W

How to set it up

Open template #2862 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
Create 6 credentials under Credentials → Add credential: Send Email, Google Drive, Gmail, 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 "Effortless Email Management with AI-Powered Summarization & Review" (https://n8n.io/workflows/2862). It uses: Send Email, HTTP Request, Google Drive, Gmail, AI Agent, Summarization 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 Gmail AI Agent Summarization 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 27K views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.

Send Email, Google Drive, Gmail, Embeddings OpenAI, OpenAI Chat Model, Qdrant Vector Store. The other 6 nodes are built into n8n.

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