Automate your inbox with AI-powered summaries. Fetch Gmail emails, generate concise summaries using OpenAI, and log them in Google Sheets for quick tracking and easier reading.
The Email Summarizer is an automated workflow built using n8n, OpenAI, and Google Sheets. It extracts emails from Gmail, summarizes them in 2–3 sentences using GPT, and stores the summaries in a Google Sheet. Perfect for managing large volumes of email quickly and efficiently.
- Fetch multiple emails from Gmail automatically.
- Extract plain text or HTML email content.
- Generate concise 2–3 sentence summaries using OpenAI GPT models.
- Log summaries in Google Sheets with columns: From, Subject, Summary.
- Supports batching and optional delays to avoid API rate limits.
- Fully automated workflow; minimal manual effort required.
- n8n – Workflow automation platform
- OpenAI API – GPT-powered summarization
- Gmail API – Email retrieval
- Google Sheets API – Logging and storage
- Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/your-username/email-summarizer.git
cd email-summarizer