Part 9: n8n Automation Toolkit

Updated October 1, 2026

Run n8n yourself, route work by rules, and build workflows and agents that do the busywork. Part 9 of 12 in the free Stepthrough AI course: 8 modules (4 live now), Modules 7–10 of the course.

Take them in order: each module builds on the one before it, using n8n, Lovable and ChatGPT. Every module is a real project you build in a practice copy of the tool, right in your browser, with a voice-over explaining each step. It is free, and no experience is needed.

The modules, in order

1. Module 7: 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.

   Free · n8n · about 9 minutes

2. Module 8: Daily Job Alerts: Email Each Tech Their Jobs from Google Sheets with n8n

   Every morning at 7, n8n reads a plumbing company's jobs sheet, skips anything not assigned yet, and emails each job to the tech it's assigned to — customer, address, time and what's wrong. No AI, just a clean first…

   Free · n8n · about 10 minutes

3. Module 9: AI Receipt Extractor: Receipts to Google Sheets with n8n

   Drop a photo of a receipt into an n8n chat. An AI agent reads it, pulls out the date, vendor and amount, picks a category, and adds a row to Google Sheets.

   Free · n8n · about 12 minutes

4. Module 10: AI Email Responder: Draft Gmail Replies Automatically with n8n

   Build an n8n agent that watches your Gmail, reads each new customer email, and writes a reply as a draft in the same thread, ready for you to check and send.

   Free · n8n · about 12 minutes

5. AI Appointment Scheduler with Lovable and n8n

   Coming soon: build a booking form in Lovable connected to an n8n AI agent that confirms, reschedules and sends appointment reminders. Free, step by step.

   Coming soon · Lovable and n8n · about 15 minutes

6. AI Content Pipeline: Blog Post Drafts from a Topic List

   Coming soon: build an n8n pipeline that turns a list of topics into formatted blog post drafts, queued for your review. A free, step by step course.

   Coming soon · n8n · about 12 minutes

7. AI Quote Replies: Answer Price Emails from Your Price List

   Coming soon: build an n8n workflow that answers "how much for..." emails with an AI-drafted quote based on your own price list. Free and step by step.

   Coming soon · n8n · about 12 minutes

8. Build an AI Customer Service Bot with ChatGPT

   Coming soon: build a ChatGPT assistant that answers customer questions from your company knowledge base, and says so when it does not know. Free course.

   Coming soon · ChatGPT · about 10 minutes

See the full course, every part in order · All free tutorials