Real-time Email Tag Assistant with Gmail, OpenAI GPT, and PGVector

# Email real-time RAG Assistant with Gmail, OpenAI & PGVector ## Who's it for This workflow is ideal for: - Professionals - Project managers - Sales and support teams - Anyone managing high volumes of Gmail messages It enables fast and intelligent search through your email inbox using **natural language queries**. --- ## How it works / What it does - Continuously monitors your **Gmail inbox** for new emails. - Extracts **email content and metadata** (subject, body, sender, date). - Converts email content into **vector embeddings** using OpenAI. - Stores embeddings in a **PostgreSQL database with PGVector**. - A **conversational AI agent** performs **semantic search** on your stored email history. - Supports **time-sensitive** and **context-aware** responses via OpenAI Chat model. --- ## How to set up 1. **Connect your Gmail account** to the Gmail trigger node (with API access enabled). 2. **Configure OpenAI credentials** for the Embedding and Chat nodes. 3. **Set up a PostgreSQL database** with the **PGVector extension** enabled. 4. **Import the workflow** into your n8n instance (Cloud or Self-hosted). 5. **Customize parameters** like polling frequency, embedding settings, or vector query depth. --- ## Requirements - An n8n instance (Self-hosted or Cloud) - A Gmail account with API access - An OpenAI API Key - A PostgreSQL database with PGVector extension installed --- ## How to customize the workflow - **Email Filtering**: Change filters in the Gmail trigger to watch specific labels or senders. - **Text Splitting Granularity**: Adjust `chunkSize` and `chunkOverlap` in the text splitter node. - **Query Depth**: Modify `topK` in the vector search node to retrieve more or fewer similar results. - **Prompt Tuning**: Customize the system message or agent instructions in the RAG node. - **Workflow Extensions**: Add notifications, error logging, Slack/Telegram alerts, or data exports.

Platform

n8n

Category

Communication

Price

Free

Creator

Zain Ali

• RAG
• email
• gmail
• stickyNote
• gmailTrigger
• agent
• chatTrigger
• lmChatOpenAi
• embeddingsOpenAi
• vectorStorePGVector