Track Expenses from Receipt Photos with AI, Google Sheets & Slack Reports — n8n Workflow

Medium complexity🔗 Webhook15 nodes🏷️ Invoice Processingby takuma

Overview

Who’s it for This template is for individuals or households who want to: Easily digitize and track their spending from physical receipts. Automate budget management and financial reporting. Get quick insights into their spending habits on a daily and monthly basis. Stay informed about their remaining budget through Slack notifications.

What it does This workflow automates your household budget tracking in several steps: Receipt Photo Upload: You upload a photo of your receipt to a webhook. Pars

Nodes used

Google SheetsSlackCodeAI AgentOpenRouter Chat Model

Workflow Preview

What it does
This workflow automates your household budget tracking
1. Receipt Photo Upload: You upload a photo of your re
2. Parse Receipt: An AI age
Steps
1. Google Sheets Setup: Create/use a Google Sheet, sha
2. OpenRouter Credentials: Get an API key from OpenRou
How to customize the workflow
- Daily Report Trigger: Adjust the cron settings for
- AI Model: Change AI models in 'OpenRouter Chat Mode
- Output
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Receipt Photo Upload
Add to Budget Sheet
Code in JavaScript2
Send a message
OpenRouter Chat Model1
Code in JavaScript
OpenRouter Chat Model2
Parse Receipt
Report Budget
D
Daily Report Trigger
Get Budget Sheet (Daily)
Monthly Analysis
Monthly Report
Send monthly report
OpenRouter Chat Model
15 nodes13 edges

How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a webhook trigger.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 15 nodes, connecting agent, code, cron.

  3. 3

    Output

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

Node Details (15)

GO

Google Sheets

googleSheets

#1
SL

Slack

slack

#2
CO

Code

code

#3
AI

AI Agent

n8n-nodes-langchain.agent

#4
OP

OpenRouter Chat Model

n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenRouter

#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 track-expenses-from-receipt-photos-with-ai-google-sheets-slack-reports 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": "Track Expenses from Receipt Photos with AI, Google Sheets & Slack Reports", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

agentcodecrongooglesheetslmchatopenrouterslackwebhook

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Nodes15
Complexitymedium
Triggerwebhook

Created by

takuma

takuma

@takuma

Tags

agentcodecrongooglesheetslmchatopenrouterslackwebhook

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