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Review stale Notion docs with Gmail alerts, Slack reports, and OpenAI

Ready for 3.0

by kenta ✓ · 0 views · created 2026-07-03 · Document Extraction, 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 12 nodes and runs on a schedule (every week at 10:00). Along the way it connects Notion, Gmail, OpenAI Chat Model and Slack.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every week at 10:00).

  1. Scan Docs Database (Notion): get many (database page)
  2. Compute Doc Age (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  3. Stale 90+ Days (Filter): keeps only the items that match a condition
  4. Mark: Needs Review (Notion): update (database page)
  5. Critical With Owner? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  6. Email The Owner (Gmail): uses Gmail
  7. Bundle Stale Docs (Aggregate): combines items into one
  8. Write Review Plan (Basic LLM Chain): sends a prompt to an LLM, with model: OpenAI Chat Model
  9. Post Review Plan (Slack): uses Slack

Services it uses

NotionGmailOpenAI Chat ModelSlack

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 (11)

From the author

Quick overview This workflow runs every Friday to scan a Notion documentation database for pages not edited in 90+ days, marks them as “Needs review,” emails owners of critical stale docs via Gmail, and uses OpenAI to generate a prioritized weekly review plan…

Excerpt from kenta's description on n8n.io.

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