Automated Email Alerts For Critical Notifications
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Streamline your critical notifications with this n8n workflow that automatically sends email alerts via Gmail. Customize subjects and message lines to ensure you never miss an important update.
About This Workflow
This n8n workflow acts as a robust helper to abstract the complexity of sending out urgent email alerts. Designed for seamless integration, it triggers via another workflow and accepts a subject and an array of message lines. The core functionality leverages Gmail to send these alerts, ensuring timely delivery of critical information. Each email is automatically prefixed with '❗ n8n Alert:' in the subject line, making them easily identifiable and filterable within your inbox. This feature is particularly useful for prioritizing and highlighting automated communications, preventing them from getting lost among routine emails. By setting up a Gmail filter to star these messages, you can effectively use Gmail's Priority Inbox to bring crucial alerts to the forefront.
Key Features
- Automated Triggering: Initiates email alerts when called by another n8n workflow.
- Customizable Content: Accepts dynamic subject lines and multi-line messages.
- Gmail Integration: Leverages your Gmail account for sending alerts.
- Clear Identification: Automatically prefixes '❗ n8n Alert:' to email subjects for easy filtering.
- Priority Inbox Ready: Facilitates quick identification and prioritization of alerts in Gmail.
How To Use
- Trigger Workflow: Ensure the 'When Executed by Another Workflow' node is connected and configured to receive input.
- Provide Input: When triggering this workflow from another, pass a 'subject' string and a 'lines' array (each element being a string representing a line of the email body).
- Configure Gmail Node: In the 'Send a message' node, enter your recipient email address in the
sendTofield. Ensure your Gmail credentials are set up. - Customize Message: The
messageandsubjectfields are pre-configured to use the input values. The subject automatically includes '❗ n8n Alert:' prefix. - Set Workflow Active: Enable the workflow by setting its
activestatus totrue.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "0feb1064-c11a-4673-817a-c2b4fd240195",
"name": "Automated Email Alerts For Critical Notifications",
"nodes": 10,
"category": "Operations",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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