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Summarize meeting transcripts with Google Drive, OpenAI, Gmail, and Sheets

Ready for 3.0

by Ziad Karim ✓ · 72 views · created 2026-08-13 · 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 14 nodes and runs on Google Drive events (file created). Along the way it connects Google Drive, OpenAI Chat Model, Gmail and Telegram and 1 more.

How it runs

Trigger: On Google Drive events (file created).

  1. Download Transcript from Drive (Google Drive): download
  2. Extract Text from Transcript (Extract from File): extracts data from a file (text)
  3. Sanitize Transcript Text (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  4. Validate Transcript Content (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  5. AI Extract Decisions & Actions (Basic LLM Chain): sends a prompt to an LLM, with model: Use OpenAI GPT-4 Model
  6. Confirm AI Extraction Validity (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  7. Compile Minutes and Drafts (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  8. Draft Follow-Up Email (Gmail): work with draft
  9. Post Action List to Telegram (Telegram): uses Telegram
  10. Divide Actions for Tracker (Code): runs custom JavaScript code

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

Services it uses

Google DriveOpenAI Chat ModelGmailTelegramGoogle 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.

Nodes used (11)

From the author

Quick overview Drop a meeting transcript in a Drive folder (Meet doc, .txt, .vtt/.srt) and get structured minutes, decisions, and action items with owners, due dates and priorities — as a Gmail draft you review before sending, a Telegram ping, and a running…

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