Just wrapped up my OpenFn email automation workflow!

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After 5+ hours of testing and refining, I got it working, fetching unread Gmail messages, extracting key info, and logging everything neatly into Google Sheets.

:wrench: Fixes & Wins:

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  • Handled .map() on undefined by using safe fallbacks
  • Switched from updateValues() to appendValues() for Sheets
  • Improved email parsing for consistent data logging

Lessons Learned:

  • Always check your state variables!
  • Read adaptor docs — they’ll save your day
  • OpenFn’s error logs are gold when debugging

:pushpin: Next up: scam detection logic + alerts + packaging it as a template for NGOs

Check out the repo :backhand_index_pointing_right: GitHub - Centpizzy-cloud/GreenTEK-OpenFn-Email-Workflow: A smart automation project using OpenFn to filter, log, and organize emails into Google Sheets.

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So great! Welcome on board. I hope this can be helpful to some clients very soon! Good luck taking it to help people and I hope you find some real implementation use cases asap :slight_smile:

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Hey @cent :tada: — huge congrats, that’s really exciting to see! Would you be open to sharing the code behind your workflow implementation? I’d love to put together a general template based on it to help others in the community get started more easily :raising_hands:

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Hey @mtuchi, thank you so much for the kind words and encouragement!
I’ve actually deleted that initial project as I’m restructuring my workspace and learning how to organize better.

But I remember most of the setup and I’d love to recreate and share a cleaned-up version as a general template especially for beginners.

I’ll post it here once I get it documented again. Appreciate the support. In the meantime, I’m working on a new workflow for stock alert automation using Google Sheets, and I ran into a few issues with the setup (one job step keeps crashing :sweat_smile:).

I’d love to get some input or suggestions from the community as I debug it happy to share that workflow as well once it’s running smoothly.

Thanks again for being so supportive!

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Hey @cent , totally understand and for the new workflow just open a new topic with the workflow details.