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Gmail and Perplexity integration

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How to connect Gmail and Perplexity

Create a new workflow and add the first step

In n8n, click the "Add workflow" button in the Workflows tab to create a new workflow. Add the starting point – a trigger on when your workflow should run: an app event, a schedule, a webhook call, another workflow, an AI chat, or a manual trigger. Sometimes, the HTTP Request node might already serve as your starting point.

Gmail and Perplexity integration: Create a new workflow and add the first step

Daily AI news digest with Perplexity Pro, GPT format & Gmail delivery

This workflow contains community nodes that are only compatible with the self-hosted version of n8n. 🧠 AI News Update Every 24 Hours (with Perplexity + GPT Formatter) Description: This workflow automatically delivers a clean, AI-curated summary of the latest AI news headlines from the past 24 hours directly to your inbox — every morning at 9 AM. For step-by-step video tutorial for this build, watch here: https://youtu.be/O-DLvaMVLso 🧰 How It Works: 🕘 Schedule Trigger  Runs daily at 9 AM to start the workflow. 🔎 Perplexity AI Agent  Searches for AI-related headlines published in the last 24 hours, including: Headline 1-sentence summary Source Full URL 🧠 GPT Formatter AI Agent  Uses an OpenAI language model (GPT-4.1-mini) to reformat raw news data into a clean, readable email update. 🧷 Memory Buffer (Optional)  Gives the formatter context and continuity if you want to personalize formatting further over time. 📧 Gmail Node  Sends the formatted AI news digest to your inbox (or your team’s) daily. 📦 Tools & APIs Required: ✅ Perplexity AI API ✅ OpenAI API ✅ Gmail Account (OAuth2 credentials) 🔄 Use Cases: Daily AI trend monitoring for individuals or teams Automating internal market intelligence Research triggers for blog or content creation Email digests for newsletters or Slack updates 🛠️ Customizable Ideas: Swap Gmail for Slack, Telegram, Discord, etc. Modify the topic (e.g., Climate Tech, Crypto News) Add sentiment analysis or AI-generated commentary Send summary to Google Docs or Notion instead

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Build your own Gmail and Perplexity integration

Create custom Gmail and Perplexity workflows by choosing triggers and actions. Nodes come with global operations and settings, as well as app-specific parameters that can be configured. You can also use the HTTP Request node to query data from any app or service with a REST API.

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Gmail and Perplexity integration details

Gmail

Gmail

Gmail is a free of charge email service offered as part of Google Workspace. It is used by individuals and organizations to send and receive emails and communicate internally and externally. It remains the world’s most widely used email service.

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Perplexity

Perplexity

Perplexity is an AI‑powered answer engine that combines real‑time web search with natural‑language responses and inline citations. Available on web, desktop, and mobile, it supports conversational follow‑ups, file upload, voice input, image generation, and deep‑research tools via its Pro tier.

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    Gmail node subject text encoding issue

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    Describe the problem/error/question Hi, I’m facing an encoding problem while sending email with gmail node for every char with and accent (é,à,ô,î…). I noticed that this problem doesn’t occurs when i’m directly writing …

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    Update Google Sheets After sending Email

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    Hi everyone, I’m working on a workflow where I’m using Google Sheets to get input data. I have a loop set up that correctly reads the data and processes it: it takes a Word document template, app…

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