Find and use n8n templates: import one, connect your accounts, make it yours
A free one-page cheat sheet for n8n templates: find one in the gallery, import it, connect your own accounts, fix the warnings, test and publish.
Find and use n8n templates: import one, connect your accounts, make it yours
A template is someone else's workflow. It can't know your accounts or your data, so your job is the part it leaves to you.
Find and import
- In your n8n workspace, click Templates in the left sidebar. The gallery opens on n8n.io.
- Pick a category (the lesson uses Sales), type form in the search box and press Enter.
- Open Log booking requests to Google Sheets and send a Gmail confirmation, then click Use for free.
- Click Import template to your workspace. A Set up template window lists every account it needs.
Connect your own accounts
- Credentials are never shared with a template. Under 1. Google Sheets, click Create new Google Sheets credential, then Sign in with Google.
- Pick the business account, tick Select all, Continue. Close the window when it says Account connected.
- Repeat under 2. Gmail, then click Continue.
- Self-hosted n8n may need your own Google OAuth app first.
Make it yours
- Open each node with a warning. In Append row in sheet, pick your Document and Sheet.
- Your sheet needs the template's headers in its first row.
- In Send a message, write your own email.
{{ $json.Name }}and{{ $json["Pet name"] }}pull in the form answers. - Click Execute workflow, fill in the test form, Submit. Every step green? Click Publish.
Other ways in
- Copy template to clipboard (JSON)
- Paste it onto an empty canvas with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V.
- Import from File
- In the ··· workflow menu, for a .json file on your computer.
- Import from URL
- Same menu, for a link to the JSON.
Remember: Never publish a template as it arrived. Connect your own accounts, fix every warning, run one test, then publish.
Practice it free: Find and Use n8n Templates at learn.ynteractive.com/modules/n8n-templates. This sheet: learn.ynteractive.com/content/cheat-sheets/n8n-templates. Hillside Pet Grooming is a made-up business from the lesson. By Robert Breen, October 1, 2026.
Practice it in the free lesson
Find and Use n8n Templates. Skip the blank canvas. Find a ready-made workflow in the n8n template gallery, import it into your workspace, connect Google Sheets and Gmail, test it with a real form entry and publish it. You do every step yourself in a practice copy of n8n, it checks your work as you go, and “Do it for me” finishes any step you get stuck on. Free, and nothing touches your real accounts.
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Plain-English definitions, each with an example from a free lesson.
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