Automatic triage of your work inbox with draft replies
For every incoming email the agent classifies it (quote, support, invoice, sales pitch), applies a label and prepares a draft for customer requests.
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Setup time
- 1.5 h
- Estimated cost
- €0–10/month
- Category
- Small business & freelancers
⏱ Trigger
New email received (event)
✋ Human approval
Replies stay as drafts: you review and send.
→ Output
Gmail labels + drafts
Autonomy level 2 — Semi-autonomous (approval): Runs on its own but waits for your approval before anything sensitive.
01Connected tools
02What the agent does on its own
Reads each new email.
Classifies it and estimates urgency.
Applies the matching label.
Creates a draft reply for quotes and support; notifies you of urgent ones.
03Agent instructions
> Classify this email into exactly one category: QUOTE, SUPPORT, INVOICE, SALES, OTHER. Give the urgency (1–3) and, for QUOTE or SUPPORT, suggest a reply of at most 60 words in {COMPANY}'s tone. Answer in JSON: {"category":…, "urgency":…, "draft":…}.04Limits and legal points
Expect some misclassification at first: keep a "to review" label. Personal data: check your LLM provider's data-processing terms (GDPR) and send it as little as possible.
05Source
https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/trigger-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.gmailtrigger/