Monitor construction execution from Google Drive photos with GPT‑4.1‑mini, Gmail and Google Sheets — n8n Workflow

Medium complexity⏰ Scheduled15 nodes🏷️ Project Management👁 3 viewsby Alysson Neves

Overview

AI-Driven construction execution monitoring

What This Workflow Does

Monitor construction execution with AI by analyzing site photos from Google Drive and automatically generating structured Work Performance Data.

This workflow enables you to:

Monitor construction progress with Google Drive and OpenAI Generate engineering analysis reports with AI Distribute structured technical reports via Gmail Log Work Performance Data into Google Sheets Archive processed evidence in Google Drive for audit

Nodes used

Google SheetsGoogle DriveGmailAI AgentOpenAI Chat Model

Workflow Preview

AI-Driven construction execution monitoring
How it works
1. A scheduled trigger checks the configured Google Dri
2. New files are filtered to keep images, downlo
1. Retrieve and Filter Construction Images
2. AI-Powered Construction Image Analysis
3. Distribute Report and Log Work Performance
model
OpenAI Chat Model
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Config
Drive: List files (Input…
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Filter: Keep images only
Drive: Download image
AI: Analyze image
Gmail: Send report
Drive: Share image (anyo…
Sheets: Append log row
Drive: Move image (Proce…
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End: No images found
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Prepare: Image data
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Schedule Trigger (Config…
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IF: Images Found?
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End: Processing Complete
15 nodes14 edges

How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a scheduled trigger, running on a defined schedule.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 15 nodes, connecting agent, filter, gmail.

  3. 3

    Output

    The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (15)

GO

Google Sheets

googleSheets

#1
GO

Google Drive

googleDrive

#2
GM

Gmail

gmail

#3
AI

AI Agent

n8n-nodes-langchain.agent

#4
OP

OpenAI Chat Model

n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi

#5

How to Import This Workflow

  1. 1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
  2. 2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows → New → Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded monitor-construction-execution-from-google-drive-photos-with-gpt41mini-gmail-and-google-sheets file and click Import.
  4. 4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
  5. 5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Monitor construction execution from Google Drive photos with GPT‑4.1‑mini, Gmail and Google Sheets", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

agentfiltergmailgoogledrivegooglesheetsiflmchatopenaischeduletriggerset

Get This Workflow

Download and import in one click

Download JSONView on n8n.io
Nodes15
Complexitymedium
Triggerscheduled
Views3
CategoryProject Management

Created by

Alysson Neves

Alysson Neves

@alysson

Tags

agentfiltergmailgoogledrivegooglesheetsiflmchatopenaischeduletriggerset
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