Email to Todoist Task with AI Summary
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Transform your email inbox into an organized task list automatically. This workflow leverages AI to summarize important emails, extract actionable items, and create detailed tasks in Todoist, ensuring no critical communication ever slips through the cracks.
About This Workflow
Drowning in emails and struggling to convert actionable messages into tasks? This powerful n8n workflow is your ultimate solution. It connects your Gmail inbox with Todoist, supercharging your productivity by automating task creation. Utilizing advanced AI, the workflow intelligently summarizes email content, identifies key actions, and even proposes draft replies, then seamlessly converts this information into detailed Todoist tasks. Say goodbye to manual copy-pasting and missed deadlines. Focus on what truly matters, knowing your important emails are meticulously transformed into manageable tasks, ready for action.
Key Features
- AI-Powered Summarization: Automatically distills lengthy emails into concise summaries and key action points.
- Smart Task Creation: Generates new Todoist tasks with AI-parsed content, descriptions, proposed actions, and even draft answers.
- Email State Management: Marks processed emails as read and can star them for easy tracking within Gmail.
- Configurable Filters: Targets specific emails (e.g., unread, starred) to ensure only relevant messages become tasks.
- Duplicate Prevention: Includes a check to help avoid creating redundant tasks.
How To Use
- Connect Gmail: Set up your Gmail OAuth2 credentials to allow n8n to access your inbox.
- Connect OpenAI: Configure your OpenAI API credentials for the AI summarization and task generation.
- Connect Todoist: Link your Todoist account and select the project where you want tasks to be created.
- Configure Email Retrieval: Customize the 'Get Unread From Inbox' or 'Get Starred From Inbox' nodes to specify which emails you want to process.
- Review AI Prompt: Adjust the 'Summarize Message' node's prompt to fine-tune how the AI extracts information and formats the task details.
- Activate Workflow: Once configured, activate the workflow to start automatically converting your emails into Todoist tasks.
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Workflow JSON
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"id": "061e851f-2594-447f-be14-aae547156773",
"name": "Email to Todoist Task with AI Summary",
"nodes": 17,
"category": "Personal",
"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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