Process email invoices with OCR, GPT-4, Slack, QuickBooks and Google Sheets — n8n Workflow

Hoch Komplexität Auslöser20 Knoten🏷️ Invoice Processing👁 1 Aufrufevon ResilNext

Übersicht

Overview This workflow automates invoice processing directly from your email inbox.

It captures invoice attachments, extracts structured data using OCR and AI, validates totals, and securely processes invoices. If issues are detected, it routes them for human review. Approved invoices are recorded in QuickBooks and logged for auditing.

How It Works

Email Trigger Monitors a Gmail label and downloads invoice attachments automatically.

Configuration & Metadata Sets OCR API, thresholds, an

Verwendete Knoten

Google SheetsHTTP RequestSlackQuickBooks OnlineCodeAI AgentOpenAI Chat ModelStructured Output Parser

Workflow-Vorschau

Email Trigger
Watches inbox and downloads invoice attachments automat
Configuration
Stores OCR API, thresholds, Slack channel, and audit sh
File Processing
Routes PDF to extractor or images to OCR API for text e
AI Extraction
AI extracts structured invoice data with confidence sco
Validation and Masking
Recalculates totals and checks for mismatches and Masks
Review Check
Flags invoices needing human review based on validation
Human Review
Sends Slack alert and waits for approval if issues are
Accounting Sync
Creates bill in QuickBooks for approved invoices.
Audit Logging
Logs processing details and results to Google Sheets.
How it works
Monitors email for invoice attachments, extracts data u
Setup
Conn
Notifications
Sends success message after invoice is processed.
modelparsermodel
I
Invoice Email Trigger
W
Workflow Configuration
C
Capture Invoice Metadata
C
Check File Type
E
Extract Text from PDF
OCR for Images
M
Merge OCR Results
AI Invoice Extractor
OpenAI GPT-4
Invoice Schema Parser
Validate and Recalculate…
Mask PII Data
C
Check if Review Needed
W
Wait for Human Review
Send Review Request
Create QuickBooks Bill
Log to Audit Trail
Send Success Notification
P
Prepare Audit Log Entry
OpenAI GPT-4 for Parser
20 nodes21 edges

So funktioniert es

  1. 1

    Auslöser

    Der Workflow startet mit einem auslöser-Auslöser.

  2. 2

    Verarbeitung

    Die Daten fließen durch 20 Knoten, connecting agent, code, extractfromfile.

  3. 3

    Ausgabe

    Der Workflow schließt seine Automatisierung ab und liefert das Ergebnis an das konfigurierte Ziel.

Knotendetails (20)

GO

Google Sheets

googleSheets

#1
HT

HTTP Request

httpRequest

#2
SL

Slack

slack

#3
QU

QuickBooks Online

quickbooks

#4
CO

Code

code

#5
AI

AI Agent

n8n-nodes-langchain.agent

#6
OP

OpenAI Chat Model

n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi

#7
ST

Structured Output Parser

n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured

#8

So importieren Sie diesen Workflow

  1. 1Klicken Sie rechts auf die Schaltfläche JSON herunterladen, um die Workflow-Datei zu speichern.
  2. 2Öffnen Sie Ihre n8n-Instanz. Gehen Sie zu Workflows → Neu → Aus Datei importieren.
  3. 3Wählen Sie die heruntergeladene Datei process-email-invoices-with-ocr-gpt-4-slack-quickbooks-and-google-sheets und klicken Sie auf Importieren.
  4. 4Richten Sie Anmeldedaten für jeden Dienstknoten ein (API-Schlüssel, OAuth usw.).
  5. 5Klicken Sie auf Workflow testen, um zu überprüfen, ob alles funktioniert, und aktivieren Sie es dann.

Oder direkt in n8n → Aus JSON importieren einfügen:

{ "name": "Process email invoices with OCR, GPT-4, Slack, QuickBooks and Google Sheets", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrationen

agentcodeextractfromfilegmailtriggergooglesheetshttprequestiflmchatopenaimergeoutputparserstructuredquickbookssetslackwait

Diesen Workflow holen

Herunterladen und mit einem Klick importieren

JSON herunterladenAuf n8n.io ansehen
Knoten20
Komplexitäthigh
Auslösertrigger
Aufrufe1

Erstellt von

ResilNext

ResilNext

@rnair1996

Tags

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