Send cold outreach from lead files and classify Gmail replies with OpenRouter

by Atharva Ashtekar ✓ · 0 views · created 2026-10-14 · Lead Nurturing, AI Summarization

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 20 nodes and runs on a schedule (every hour) (plus 3 other triggers). Along the way it connects Gmail and OpenRouter Chat Model.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every hour) (plus 3 other triggers).

1. config: the offer (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
2. read the lead file (Extract from File): extracts data from a file
3. match the reply to a lead (Data table): get
4. read leads not yet contacted (Data table): get
5. store the leads (Data table): create or update
6. store the reply (Data table): uses Data table
7. [cred] Gmail - send the outreach email (Gmail): uses Gmail
8. read the whole thread (Data table): get
9. record what was sent (Data table): uses Data table
10. keep only the prospect's messages (Code): runs custom JavaScript code

…plus 4 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

GmailOpenRouter Chat Model

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Nodes used (13)

• n8n Form Triggern8n-nodes-base.formTrigger
• Extract from Filen8n-nodes-base.extractFromFile
• Data tablen8n-nodes-base.dataTable
• Schedule Triggern8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger
• Manual Triggern8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger
• Gmailn8n-nodes-base.gmail
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set
• Gmail Triggern8n-nodes-base.gmailTrigger
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• AI Agent@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent
• OpenRouter Chat Model@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenRouter
• Structured Output Parser@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if

From the author

Quick overview This workflow imports leads from an uploaded file into an n8n Data Table, sends a first-touch cold email through Gmail on a schedule or manually, then watches Gmail for replies and uses an OpenRouter LLM to classify interest and flag leads for…

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