Draft email replies and LinkedIn posts with n8n workflows
The author built n8n workflows that draft Gmail replies for approval, generate LinkedIn posts from a topic, and extract tasks from emails into Google Tasks or Notion.
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- What they did
- The author built three n8n workflows. One reads new Gmail messages, sends the body to OpenAI or Gemini for a reply, asks for approval, then sends it through Gmail. Another takes a topic from a form, has OpenAI write a LinkedIn post, and saves it to Notion or emails it. The third watches Gmail, pulls out tasks by keyword or AI, and adds them to Google Tasks or Notion.
- How it went
- The post gives no measured results. It only claims that small automations like these can save hours each week. Each workflow is shown in a linked video tutorial.
- Worth knowing
- You can run n8n locally with npm or Docker, or use the cloud version. The author suggests starting with a simple test workflow first.
Try it yourself with n8n
Build me an n8n workflow that watches my Gmail for new emails matching [label or sender], drafts a reply in my tone using [short tone description], and saves it as a draft for me to approve. Add a second branch that extracts any tasks from the email into [Google Tasks or Notion database]. You're done when a test email produces both a draft and a task. Never send an email automatically; leave everything as a draft.
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