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Alert on at-risk nursery plants with OpenWeather, Google Sheets, Gemini, and Slack

Ready for 3.0

by iamvaar ✓ · 5 views · created 2026-08-01 · Engineering, 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 a schedule (cron 30 13 * * *). Along the way it connects Google Sheets, Google Gemini Chat Model and Slack. It also calls api.openweathermap.org over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (cron 30 13 * * *).

  1. Set Weather Parameters (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 3 fields: lat, lon, units
  2. Fetch Weather Forecast (HTTP Request): calls api.openweathermap.org
  3. Summarize Overnight Weather (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 4 fields: overnight_low_f, overnight_high_f, conditions…
  4. Read Plants from Sheets (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
  5. Aggregate: combines items into one
  6. Build Plant Risk Prompt (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: prompt
  7. Plant Risk Analyzer Agent (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: Google Gemini Model; output parser: Parse AI Output Structure
  8. Parse AI Response (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: alerts
  9. If: checks a condition and branches into true / false
  10. Prepare Alert Message (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: message

…plus 1 more step. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google SheetsGoogle Gemini Chat ModelSlack

HTTP calls to: api.openweathermap.org

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 (10)

From the author

Quick Overview This workflow runs daily at 7 PM IST, pulls an overnight forecast from OpenWeatherMap and plant inventory data from Google Sheets, uses Google Gemini to identify plants whose temperature tolerances are at risk, and posts critical alerts to a…

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