Generate freelance proposal PDFs from Tally with GPT-4o and Gmail
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What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 14 nodes and runs on Tally events. Along the way it connects Google Sheets, OpenAI, OpenAI Chat Model and Gmail and 2 more. It also calls api.pdf.co over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: On Tally events.
- If: checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Extract Text from Image (OpenAI): analyze (image)
- Format text - text (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 2 fields: Job title, Job description
- Format text - image (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 2 fields: Job title, Job description
- Search Proposal Examples (Serp Api): uses Serp Api
- Build AI Input (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Generate Proposal (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: GPT-4o; 1 tool (get_relevant_projects)
- Parse AI Output (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Convert to PDF (HTTP Request): calls api.pdf.co (POST)
- Download PDF (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
…plus 1 more step. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: api.pdf.co
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 2 community packages, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).
- Check that n8n-nodes-tallyforms is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Form Trigger).
- Check that n8n-nodes-serpapi is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Search Proposal Examples).
Nodes used (11)
- Google Sheets Tool
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheetsTool - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - Tally Trigger
n8n-nodes-tallyforms.tallyTrigger - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - Serp Api
n8n-nodes-serpapi.serpApi - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - OpenAI Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Gmail
n8n-nodes-base.gmail
From the author
Quick Overview This workflow generates a personalized freelance proposal from a Tally form submission, using OpenAI to extract text from screenshots and write the proposal, SerpAPI to pull proposal examples, Google Sheets to reference past projects, pdf.co to…