🚀 Built an AI-Powered Email Reply Agent with n8n

Hi everyone!

I’ve been learning AI automation through hands-on projects, and today I wanted to share one of my latest builds: an AI-powered Email Reply Agent built with n8n.

The workflow is designed to manage incoming emails intelligently, safely, and with the right level of human control.

Here’s what it currently does:

✅ Checks unread emails automatically

✅ Retrieves the full email details

✅ Filters unwanted or irrelevant emails

✅ Reads the previous conversation thread for context

✅ Uses an AI Agent to analyze the email

✅ Classifies the email by category and priority

✅ Decides whether a reply is required

✅ Drafts a professional, context-aware response

✅ Automatically replies to simple, low-risk emails

✅ Sends sensitive or urgent emails for human approval

✅ Allows the reviewer to Approve or Reject the AI-generated reply

✅ Sends the reply only after approval when required

✅ Stores and updates email status in Airtable

In the video, I’m testing an urgent payment issue.

The AI detects that the email is sensitive, creates a professional reply, sends it for human approval, and only after approval does it send the final response and update the record.

This project helped me understand how AI agents, Gmail, conversation history, workflow logic, human approval, and Airtable can work together in one complete automation.

I’m still learning, experimenting, and improving with every project, and I’d genuinely appreciate any feedback from the community.

Would love to hear your thoughts on the workflow and what feature you think I should add next. 🙌

Tools used: n8n, AI Agent, OpenRouter, Gmail, Airtable, Human Approval, Conversation Threads

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🚀 Built an AI-Powered Email Reply Agent with n8n