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Classify support emails and send replies with Claude, Gmail, Slack and Sheets

Ready for 3.0

by Akshay Chug ✓ · 29 views · created 2026-05-26 · Ticket Management, AI Summarization

Ready 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 14 nodes and runs on Gmail events. Along the way it connects Gmail, Anthropic Chat Model, Slack and Google Sheets.

How it runs

Trigger: On Gmail events.

  1. Configure Settings (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  2. Build Prompt (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  3. Classify with Claude (Basic LLM Chain): sends a prompt to an LLM, with model: Claude Sonnet Model
  4. Parse Output (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  5. Route by Priority (Switch): routes items into 2 branches
  6. Create Gmail Draft (Gmail): work with draft
  7. Send Auto-Reply (Gmail): uses Gmail
  8. Prepare Slack Alert (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  9. Log Normal Ticket (Google Sheets): append
  10. Alert Support Team (Slack): uses Slack

…plus 2 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

GmailAnthropic Chat ModelSlackGoogle Sheets

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.

  • Still check Gmail Trigger below v1.4 runs as v1.4 (drafts skipped, max emails per poll) (Gmail Trigger).

Nodes used (8)

From the author

Quick overview This workflow monitors a Gmail inbox for unread support emails, uses Anthropic Claude to classify and draft replies, routes urgent tickets to Slack and a Gmail draft, auto-replies to normal tickets, and logs all tickets to Google Sheets for…

Excerpt from Akshay Chug's description on n8n.io.

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