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Send a weekly Airtable task digest to Slack, Gmail and Sheets with GPT-4.1-mini

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1. Workflow Overview

How it works This workflow automatically creates a weekly report of tasks. Every Friday morning, it collects all task details from Airtable, checks progress, and prepares a summary. It also highlig...

Best for

  • Project Management automation workflows
  • AI Summarization automation workflows
  • advanced n8n builders looking for reusable templates

Tools used

n8n-nodes-base.stickynote, n8n-nodes-base.gmail, n8n-nodes-base.slack, n8n-nodes-base.if, n8n-nodes-base.googlesheets, n8n-nodes-base.code, @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openai, n8n-nodes-base.airtable

Source and attribution

This workflow is cataloged by N8N Workflows and links back to its original n8n.io source page by Avkash Kakdiya.

Original n8n.io source

1.1 Workflow description

Title
Send a weekly Airtable task digest to Slack, Gmail and Sheets with GPT-4.1-mini
Workflow name
Send a weekly Airtable task digest to Slack, Gmail and Sheets with GPT-4.1-mini

How it works

This workflow automatically creates a weekly report of tasks. Every Friday morning, it collects all task details from Airtable, checks progress, and prepares a summary. It also highlights important or late tasks and sends the report to Slack, email, and saves it for record.

Step-by-step

  • Trigger & fetch

  • Schedule: Every Friday 9AM – Triggers the workflow automatically every Friday at 9 AM.

  • Airtable: Fetch This Week – Collects all task records from the Airtable base for the current week.

  • Analysis & formatting

  • Code: Analyze & Format – Checks all tasks, detects fields, calculates completion rate, identifies overdue and urgent items, and builds the full Slack message with an {{AI_SUMMARY}} placeholder.

  • AI summary generation

  • OpenAI: Generate AI Summary – Sends the weekly stats to GPT-4.1-mini with a structured prompt to produce a concise 2–3 sentence plain-English project manager summary.

  • Merge & prepare

  • Code: Merge AI Summary – Injects the AI summary into the Slack message and prepares urgent alert messages for overdue or high-priority tasks.

  • Parallel output actions

  • Slack: Post Weekly Digest – Posts the full formatted digest to a Slack channel with mrkdwn formatting.

  • Gmail: Send Digest Email – Sends an HTML-formatted email with stats cards, AI summary, and a task table.

  • Google Sheets: Log Weekly Stats – Appends week range, totals, completion rate, overdue count, AI summary, and status to a tracking sheet.

  • Conditional urgent alert

  • IF: Has Urgent or Overdue? – Checks if overdue or urgent task count is greater than zero.

  • Slack: DM Urgent Alert – Sends a separate urgent action-required message to Slack if flagged items exist.

  • Gmail: Send Urgent Alert – Sends a red-header alert email listing overdue and urgent counts if flagged items exist.

Why use this?

  • Eliminates manual weekly reporting by automatically collecting, analyzing, and summarizing all Airtable task data
  • Keeps the entire team informed across Slack and Email every Friday without lifting a finger
  • AI-generated summaries give instant clarity on project health and what needs attention
  • Logs every weekly digest to Google Sheets for long-term trend tracking and reporting
  • Sends a separate urgent alert so critical or overdue tasks never get buried in the digest

1.2 Logical Blocks

This catalog entry is organized from the workflow JSON. The node-level section below shows the executable blocks available for review before importing the template.

2. Block-by-Block Analysis

Block 1 - Sticky Note6

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 2 - Sticky Note5

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 3 - Sticky Note4

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 4 - Sticky Note3

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 5 - Sticky Note2

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 6 - Sticky Note1

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 7 - Sticky Note

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 8 - Gmail: Send Urgent Alert

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.gmail - gmail
Config choices
Version 2.1

Block 9 - Slack: DM Urgent Alert

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.slack - slack
Config choices
Version 2.2

Block 10 - IF: Has Urgent or Overdue?

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.if - if
Config choices
Version 2

Block 11 - Google Sheets: Log Weekly Stats

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - googleSheets
Config choices
Version 4.4

Block 12 - Gmail: Send Digest Email

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.gmail - gmail
Config choices
Version 2.1

Block 13 - Slack: Post Weekly Digest

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.slack - slack
Config choices
Version 2.2

Block 14 - Code: Merge AI Summary

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.code - code
Config choices
Version 2

Block 15 - OpenAI: Generate AI Summary

Type / Role
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - openAi
Config choices
Version 1.8

Block 16 - Code: Analyze & Format

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.code - code
Config choices
Version 2

Block 17 - Airtable: Fetch This Week

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.airtable - airtable
Config choices
Version 2

Block 18 - Schedule: Every Friday 9AM

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - scheduleTrigger
Config choices
Version 1.1

3. Summary Table

Workflow Send a weekly Airtable task digest to Slack, Gmail and Sheets with GPT-4.1-mini
Complexity advanced
Nodes 18
Categories Project Management, AI Summarization
Author Avkash Kakdiya
Published 21 May 2026

4. Reproducing the Workflow from Scratch

  1. 1. Download the workflow JSON

    Use the JSON export at /data/workflows/15872/15872.json as the source template for this automation.

  2. 2. Import the template into n8n

    Open n8n, import the downloaded JSON, and review each node before activating the workflow.

  3. 3. Configure credentials and variables

    Replace placeholder credentials, API keys, webhook URLs, account IDs, and environment-specific values with your own settings.

  4. 4. Test with sample data

    Run the workflow manually or in a staging workspace, inspect node output, and confirm downstream systems receive the expected data.

  5. 5. Activate and monitor

    Enable the workflow only after testing, then monitor executions, errors, and rate limits during the first production runs.

5. General Notes & Resources

Review imported nodes carefully before activation. This catalog entry is intended to help you inspect the workflow structure, understand required services, and find related templates faster.

Node names, credentials, schedules, webhook paths, and external service limits may need adjustment for your workspace.

Frequently asked questions

What does Send a weekly Airtable task digest to Slack, Gmail and Sheets with GPT-4.1-mini do?

How it works This workflow automatically creates a weekly report of tasks. Every Friday morning, it collects all task details from Airtable, checks progress, and prepares a summary. It also highlig...

What do I need before importing this workflow?

Review the workflow JSON, configure any required credentials in n8n, and test the automation in a safe workspace before using it in production.

Can I customize this workflow?

Yes. Use the block-by-block analysis and the downloadable JSON to inspect each node, then adjust credentials, prompts, schedules, filters, or destinations for your Project Management, AI Summarization use case.