Community Contributed Excuse Generator

Name: Community Contributed Excuse Generator
Rating: 4.0 (1 reviews)
Author: Free N8N

Beginner

0 nodes connected

detail.loadingPreview

Free N8N Temples

47 views

0 downloads

Community Contributedautomationemailexcelexcuse generatorhumorrandomslack

Generates a random excuse by combining elements from an Excel spreadsheet, inspired by an email received.

🚀Ready to Deploy This Workflow?

⚡Deploy on Zeabur 🎁Get $200 Credit on DigitalOcean

About This Workflow

Overview

This workflow simulates a humorous scenario where an email is received, and a random excuse is generated and sent back as a reply. It reads an Excel file containing different excuse components (Leadin, Perpetrator, Delay) and combines them to form a unique excuse.

Key Features

Reads email from a specified IMAP account.
Uses a switch node to check the sender of the email.
Reads data from a local Excel file.
Generates a random excuse by combining data from the Excel file.
Merges email and generated excuse data.
Sends a reply email with the generated excuse.
Posts notifications to Slack about the email and the generated response.

How To Use

Configure IMAP Credentials: Set up your IMAP account in n8n to read emails.
Configure SMTP Credentials: Set up your SMTP account in n8n to send reply emails.
Configure Slack API Token: Set up your Slack API token in n8n to post messages.
Prepare Excel File: Ensure you have an Excel file named Excuse_Generator.xlsx in the /home/n8n/ directory with columns Leadin, Perpetrator, and Delay.
Run Manually: Trigger the workflow manually to process an incoming email and generate an excuse.

Apps Used

automation

excel

excuse generator

humor

random

slack

Workflow JSON

{
  "id": "6a6afd61-08a1-4323-b446-80f68d7629a7",
  "name": "Community Contributed Excuse Generator",
  "nodes": 0,
  "category": "Community Contributed",
  "status": "active",
  "version": "1.0.0"
}

Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.