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For a small e‑commerce client I built a monitoring automation that runs on n8n. Every five minutes a Schedule Trigger fires an HTTP Request to the storefront; an IF node evaluates the response and, on failure, pushes a Telegram message and logs the event in Google Sheets. The whole thing works unattended, giving the owner an early warning before customers notice downtime. It’s a lightweight, cost‑effective way to keep the shop visible.
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Simple, cheap, and it actually prevents lost sales. The compare-against-last-status node is the smart bit, since a plain up/down ping would spam Telegram with repeats. Has the client ever had the alert catch an outage before their customers noticed?
Thanks, Timothy! Exactly, the compare step means you only get pinged when the status actually changes. No real outage caught yet, which for a store is good news. The goal is for the owner to hear it from the alert first, not from a customer.
Great automation! 👏 A simple, cost-effective monitoring system that helps businesses detect downtime early and maintain a better customer experience.
Thanks, Muhammad! Glad you liked it. Simple on purpose, so it runs quietly without anyone babysitting it.
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An AI workflow that reads every incoming email, sorts it into 6 categories, and takes the right action automatically.
The problem: businesses lose time and leads because customer emails are mixed with promotions, job alerts, and security emails.
What I built:
Gmail Trigger that picks up each new email
AI Text Classifier (Google Gemini) with 6 categories: Security Alert, Promotions, Jobs, Personal, Payments, and Client Inquiries
Automatic Gmail labels for every category
Google Sheets log for jobs, leads, and payments
AI information extraction for client emails (name, phone, service, budget)
AI-written reply drafts for client emails, saved as drafts so a person approves every reply
Instant Discord alerts for security, payment, and client emails
Tools: n8n, Google Gemini, Gmail, Google Sheets, Discord
This project is a working demo built on my own inbox. The same system can be adapted to any business email, such as travel agencies, event venues, stores, recruiters, and consultants.
Impressive workflow! I especially like the human approval step for AI-written replies. Automation with the right oversight makes a real difference. 🙌
My first n8n template is now live in the official n8n library, and it is free to use.
After a sales call, most people either rush the follow-up email or forget it. This workflow does the first draft for you.
When Fireflies finishes transcribing a call, it:
pulls the full transcript
uses OpenAI to write call notes: a summary, open questions, the next step and the outcome
saves a follow-up email to the contact as a Gmail draft
logs the call in Google Sheets and emails you the notes
Nothing is sent to the contact automatically. The follow-up waits in your drafts until you check it and press send.
Works with the free Fireflies plan and n8n Cloud.
Get it here: https://n8n.io/workflows/20963
Congrats on getting it approved. Drafting instead of auto-sending is the right default. One edge case worth a guard: calls where the transcript comes back empty or cut short, otherwise the model writes a confident follow-up from almost nothing.
Thanks Shantanu. WhatsApp first with email only as the fallback is the right call, nobody wants the same reminder twice. Clean build.
