Generate personalized cold email icebreakers with GPT-4 from Google Sheets to instantly
Ready for 3.0Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 10 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow”. Along the way it connects Google Sheets, Telegram and OpenAI. It also calls api.instantly.ai over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow”.
- Get row(s) in sheet (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
- If: checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Append or update row in sheet (Google Sheets): append or update
- Loop Over Items (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
- Limit: keeps the first few items
- Format Names (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
- Notify Master (Telegram): uses Telegram
- IBC V (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
- Add leads to instantly (HTTP Request): calls api.instantly.ai (POST)
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: api.instantly.ai
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
Nodes used (8)
- Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Telegram
n8n-nodes-base.telegram - Limit
n8n-nodes-base.limit - Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)
n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Manual Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger - If
n8n-nodes-base.if
From the author
Overview: This workflow automates the full pipeline of preparing scraped leads and loading them into an Instantly campaign for cold outreach.It begins by pulling rows from a Google Sheet that contains lead data sourced from your scraper or enrichment tools.…