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🤖🚚 AI agent for transportation orders management with GPT-4o and Open Route API

Needs changes

by Samir Saci ✓ · 2,414 views · created 2025-06-05 · Ticket Management, AI Summarization

Needs changes. This template uses 1 thing(s) that n8n 3.0 removes: AI Agent v1 (old agent modes). 1 breaking item(s) found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 21 nodes and runs on Gmail events. Along the way it connects Gmail, Google Sheets and OpenAI Chat Model. It also calls api.openrouteservice.org over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: On Gmail events.

  1. AI Agent: runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI Chat Model; output parser: Structured Output Parser
  2. Collect Coordinates (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
  3. Record Email Content (Google Sheets): append or update
  4. Collect Addresses (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
  5. Collect Shipment Information (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
  6. Request Open Route API (HTTP Request): calls api.openrouteservice.org
  7. Query Open Route API Pickup (HTTP Request): calls api.openrouteservice.org
  8. Query Open Route API Delivery (HTTP Request): calls api.openrouteservice.org
  9. AI Agent: runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI Chat Model
  10. Driving Time & Distance (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 3 fields: distance, duration, n_steps

…plus 7 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

GmailGoogle SheetsOpenAI Chat Model

HTTP calls to: api.openrouteservice.org

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

1 thing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0. Fix it before you upgrade:

  • AI Agent v1 (old agent modes) in AI Agent Parser (v1.9), AI Agent Reply (v1.9): replace with Latest AI Agent node (Tools Agent). For SQL Agent, use a Postgres or MySQL tool with a recent AI Agent.
  • Also check Gmail Trigger below v1.4 runs as v1.4 (drafts skipped, max emails per poll).
Removed in 3.0Replace with
AI Agent v1 (old agent modes)
AI Agent Parser (v1.9), AI Agent Reply (v1.9)
Latest AI Agent node (Tools Agent). For SQL Agent, use a Postgres or MySQL tool with a recent AI Agent.

Nodes used (9)

From the author

Tags: AI Agent, Supply Chain, Logistics, Route Planning, Transportation, GPS API Context Hi! I’m Samir, a Supply Chain Engineer and Data Scientist based in Paris, and founder of LogiGreen Consulting. I help companies improve their logistics operations using…

Excerpt from Samir Saci's description on n8n.io.

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