You are learning n8n solo fetching one live quote on schedule, and this Gmail HTTP workflow shows the Sheets and Slack logging pattern. You want one small win to copy — fetch something real, wire Gmail, see a run go green.
You hunt the docs, wire Gmail, then run and check the log. When the schedule fires, the flow fetches a live quote over HTTP, connects Gmail, and shows the Sheets and Slack pattern. You just glance at the green run instead of starting blank.
1. Get quote (HTTP API)
2. Connect your Gmail (Gmail)
3. 2. Get inspirational quote from the internet (HTTP API)
4. Quote (HTTP API)
- Includes Daniel Grey pack: Slack - Error Alerts, Google Sheets - Audit Log, Wait - Rate Limit, Set - Audit Trail (all wired).
A schedule kicks it off automatically → Get quote, Results, Connect your Gmail.
1. Open danielgrey.shop/app/templates/dg-0016 → Copy JSON → n8n → Import from Clipboard (or Push to n8n)
2. Connect credentials: Gmail, Google Sheets, Slack
3. Check the schedule timing, run once manually to verify — it imports clean and goes green first try — then a 10-minute review and activate.
- n8n 2.37 or later
- Credentials for Gmail, Google Sheets, Slack
- Free — import and run.
- Change the timing in Schedule me here for your practice runs.
- Point Get quote at your source and Connect your Gmail at your inbox to see the pattern.
v2.0 (Sep 2026, n8n 2.x): Demo datastore replaced with the Google Sheets node — create a Customers sheet (id, name, notes columns), connect, run. Tested on n8n 2.37 (2.x).
1.0 · Initial release 2026-08-31
Tested, sanitized, 4-node enhancement pack (Slack/Sheets/Wait/Set) by Daniel Grey
2.0 · Builtin-node rebuild (n8n 2.x) 2026-09-08
Customer Datastore (training demo node) -> googleSheets READ (Customers sheet)
Free - every version free, no account walls.