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I Built an AI Agent That Manages My Entire Email — Full Breakdown

n8n + OpenAI + clever prompt engineering. Step-by-step from zero to a system handling 200+ emails daily.

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I Built an AI Agent That Manages My Entire Email — Full Breakdown

I Built an AI Agent That Manages My Entire Email

Coming soon — full article with code, architecture diagrams, and n8n workflow exports.

What This System Does

  • Reads every incoming email
  • Classifies intent (support, sales, spam, urgent, personal)
  • Drafts contextual responses based on my writing style
  • Routes urgent items to Slack with a summary
  • Logs everything to a spreadsheet for tracking

Tech Stack

  • n8n — workflow orchestration (self-hosted)
  • OpenAI GPT-4 — email classification + response drafting
  • Gmail API — email read/send
  • Slack API — urgent notifications
  • Google Sheets — logging

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