1) Schedule Trigger (7am) 2) Gmail: get unread from last 24h 3) AI Agent / OpenAI node: summarize into 'needs reply' and 'FYI' 4) Send yourself the digest via Gmail, Slack or Telegram.
Templates / n8n daily email digest recipe
n8n daily email digest recipe
Workflow outline you can build in n8n in about 20 minutes.
Who it is for
n8n users who want a daily email digest.
How to use it
- Build the four nodes in order.
- Test with a small label or a single day of mail first.
The template
Guardrails and human approval
- Be careful about sending email content to a cloud AI service.
- Review your n8n credentials and permissions.
These are practical notes, not legal advice. Templates are provided as is. See section 4 of the Terms.
Works with
- n8n: Schedule Trigger, Gmail, AI Agent or OpenAI node, then a message node.
We have not benchmarked output quality across models. Output varies by model and by what you paste in, so read it before you use it.