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How to Automate Gmail Meeting Research?

Start each day with a clear briefing for every company on your calendar. The system gathers recent social posts and key company details, then sends a simple email you can scan before each call. It is ideal for sales reps, founders, and account managers who want fast context without manual research.

At 7 AM a schedule runs. It reads Google Calendar events, pulls attendee email domains, and enriches the company with Clearbit to find social handles. Two branches collect new LinkedIn posts and recent tweets through RapidAPI endpoints. The flow merges all activity by company, asks OpenAI to write a short summary, builds a clean HTML email, and sends it through Gmail to the recipients you set. You receive one message per company, with links and notes you can use on the call.

To run it, you need Google Calendar and Gmail access, Clearbit and OpenAI API keys, and RapidAPI keys for the LinkedIn and Twitter endpoints. Most teams cut research time from 30 minutes to about 2 minutes per meeting and show up more prepared. Great for weekly pipelines, first calls, and executive briefings. Follow the steps below to connect accounts, paste API keys, test with a sample event, and then turn the schedule on.

What are the key features?

  • Daily schedule runs at 7 AM to prepare briefs before work starts
  • Google Calendar integration fetches upcoming meetings and attendees
  • Domain extraction filters out organizers and maps attendees to their company
  • Clearbit enrichment finds company details and social handles using the domain
  • LinkedIn posts and recent tweets are fetched through RapidAPI endpoints
  • Smart merge groups all activity by company and removes duplicates
  • OpenAI creates a short, readable summary for quick scanning
  • HTML email template builds a clean brief and sends it via Gmail

What are the benefits?

  • Reduce manual research from 30 minutes to about 2 minutes per meeting
  • Automate most pre meeting prep so reps can focus on the call
  • Improve accuracy by pulling domains from attendee emails
  • Connect Google Calendar, Clearbit, LinkedIn, Twitter, OpenAI, and Gmail in one flow
  • Scale to handle many meetings each day without extra workload

How do you set it up?

  1. Import the template into n8n: Create a new workflow in n8n > Click the three dots menu > Select 'Import from File' > Choose the downloaded JSON file.
  2. You'll need accounts with Google Calendar, Gmail, Clearbit, OpenAI, RapidAPI Fresh LinkedIn Profile Data and RapidAPI Twitter154. See the Tools Required section above for links to create accounts with these services.
  3. In the n8n credentials manager, connect Google Calendar using OAuth2. If unsure, double click the Google Calendar node, choose Credential to connect with, click Create new credential, and follow the on screen steps.
  4. Connect Gmail in the credentials manager using OAuth2. Ensure the Gmail account is allowed to send messages and is not restricted by your workspace policy.
  5. Create a RapidAPI account and subscribe to the Fresh LinkedIn Profile Data and Twitter154 APIs. Copy the API keys from your RapidAPI dashboard.
  6. Open the Setup node and paste the LinkedIn and Twitter RapidAPI keys into linkedInAPIKey and twitterAPIKey. Add one or more recipient email addresses in the emails field.
  7. In the credentials manager, add your Clearbit API key. If unsure, double click the Clearbit node and create a new credential, then paste the key from your Clearbit account.
  8. Add an OpenAI API key in the credentials manager. Double click the OpenAI node, create a new credential, and paste your key from the OpenAI API page.
  9. Open the Google Calendar node and choose the correct calendar. Review the date range settings so events for today are included.
  10. Run a test by creating a calendar event with at least one attendee from a company you can enrich. Click Execute once and watch the Switch branches for LinkedIn and Twitter data.
  11. Check the HTML node output and confirm the email arrives via Gmail. Adjust the template text or fields if needed for your team style.
  12. If no social data appears, confirm Clearbit returns handles for the domain, verify RapidAPI quota, and check for 429 errors. If attendees lack a valid domain, update the event or add a test contact.
  13. Activate the workflow so the 7 AM schedule runs daily and delivers briefs automatically.

Tools Required

$24 / mo or $20 / mo billed annually to use n8n in the cloud. However, the local or self-hosted n8n Community Edition is free.

Clearbit

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Not available: Clearbit no longer offers new standalone API subscriptions; API keys are only available to accounts created in 2023 or earlier, and free tools were sunset on April 30, 2025

Gmail

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No cost: Personal Gmail (Gmail API has no usage-based pricing; quotas apply)

Google Calendar

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Free: $0; all Google Calendar API usage is at no additional cost; quota limits apply (no charges for overages).

OpenAI

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Pay-as-you-go: GPT-5 at $1.25 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens

RapidAPI Fresh LinkedIn Profile Data

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Basic (Free): $0 / mo, 50 requests / mo

RapidAPI Twitter154

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