Cold email icebreakers from local business search with GPT-4 and Dumpling AI
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What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 9 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form (“Keyword”). Along the way it connects OpenAI and Google Sheets. It also calls app.dumplingai.com and api.instantly.ai over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form (“Keyword”).
- Dumpling AI: Search Google Maps for Businesses (HTTP Request): calls app.dumplingai.com (POST)
- 🧮 Split: Extract Individual Places (Split Out): splits a list into separate items
- 🔁 Loop: Process Each Business (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
- 📤 Instantly API: Add to Campaign (HTTP Request): calls api.instantly.ai (POST)
- 🧠 Dumpling AI: Extract Email + Website Summary (HTTP Request): calls app.dumplingai.com (POST)
- ✍️ GPT-4: Write Personalized Icebreaker Email (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
- ✅ IF: Email Exists (Filter): keeps only the items that match a condition
- 📄 Log to Google Sheets (Google Sheets): append or update
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: app.dumplingai.com, api.instantly.ai
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 (7)
- n8n Form Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Split Out
n8n-nodes-base.splitOut - Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)
n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - Filter
n8n-nodes-base.filter - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets
From the author
This workflow helps digital marketers and outreach specialists automate the research and creation of cold email icebreakers for local businesses. What it does: 1. Starts with a Form Trigger, where you input a search keyword (e.g., “Dentist in New York”). 2.…