Sort a studio’s inbox so good leads stop going cold

A builder made an n8n automation that sorts a studio’s Gmail into enquiries, clients, job applications and spam.

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1 X like1 reply · 1 repost · fetched Oct 15, 2026

What they did

@AdebowaleTol built it after good leads went cold because nobody replied in time.

How it went

Every email gets sorted and key details extracted.

Worth knowing

Watch for misclassified leads at first.

Builder recipe

Our own starting point, written from the source. Adapt it to your setup.

Stack

  • n8n
  • Gmail
  • LLM

Steps

  1. Collect the incoming channel (inbox, form, tickets) into one workflow.
  2. Have the model classify and extract fields, returning structured JSON.
  3. Route or draft replies; keep a human approval step for anything customer-facing.
  4. Log results and review misclassifications weekly.

Starter prompt

Label this email as new_enquiry, client, job_application or spam and extract name, project type and deadline.

Tags

Agent n8n
Tool Gmail

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