12 n8n Google Drive + Google Sheets automations

Every free, copy-paste n8n recipe that connects Google Drive and Google Sheets in one workflow. Each is a ready-to-run AI agent — import it, connect both accounts, and it runs 24/7. No code, no signup. See all Google Drive or Google Sheets recipes.

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Auto-Tag Your Stock Photos With Keywords That Actually Sell

Stock photographers lose sales to poor keywording that buyers never find. Auto-generate accurate, sales-oriented keywords for each new photo before upload.

n8nn8nGoogle DriveGoogle DriveOpenAIOpenAIGoogle SheetsGoogle Sheets
Intermediate · 30 min setup
Ops & MonitoringFREE
n8nGoogle SheetsGoogle Drive
agent ready

Back Up Google Sheets to Google Drive on a Nightly Schedule

Every night this exports your Google Sheets data, timestamps it, and uploads the snapshot to Google Drive — so a bad edit or an outage never means lost data.

n8nn8nGoogle SheetsGoogle SheetsGoogle DriveGoogle Drive
Intermediate · 35 min setup
Finance & Back OfficeFREE
Google Driven8nGoogle SheetsClaude
agent ready

Overdue-Invoice Chaser: firm, polite payment reminders that escalate on schedule

An n8n workflow that scans your invoices sheet every morning, finds what's overdue, and has Claude write the right reminder for the stage — gentle at day 3, firm at day 14, final-notice at day 30 — sent from your Gmail with the invoice attached, and every send logged.

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Beginner · 35 min setup
Finance & Back OfficeFREE
Google Driven8nTelegramClaude
agent ready

Receipt-Photo Expense Logger: snap it, send it, forget it — bookkeeping from your camera roll

An n8n workflow where you photograph any receipt and send it to your Telegram bot; Claude's vision reads the vendor, date, amount, tax, and category, the photo gets archived to Google Drive, and a clean row lands in your expenses sheet — the shoebox of receipts, retired.

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Beginner · 30 min setup
Finance & OpsFREE
Google Driven8nOpenAIGoogle Sheets
agent ready

Stop Typing Receipts — AI Flag unusual charges in n8n

Every time a receipt is uploaded to your drive, this workflow hands it to OpenAI, which compares to history and flags anything unexpected. You get odd charges caught before they're paid without lifting a finger.

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Advanced · 45 min setup
Finance & OpsFREE
Google Driven8nClaudeGoogle Sheets
agent ready

Stop Typing Receipts — AI Extract the invoice data in n8n

Every time a receipt is uploaded to your drive, this workflow hands it to Claude, which reads the PDF and extracts vendor, amount, due date and line items. You get invoice data captured with zero manual typing without lifting a finger.

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Advanced · 30 min setup
Finance & Back OfficeFREE
Google Driven8nGmailClaude
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Invoice Attachment Collector: every emailed invoice filed in Drive and logged in a sheet, hands-free

An n8n workflow that catches invoice and receipt emails, uploads the PDF attachments to a tidy Google Drive folder, has Claude pull the vendor, amount, and due date from the email, and appends one row per invoice to your bookkeeping sheet.

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Beginner · 35 min setup
Ops & MonitoringFREE
n8nGoogle SheetsGoogle DriveTelegram
agent ready

Weekly Sheets Backup: timestamped copies of your business-critical spreadsheets, kept tidy

An n8n workflow that exports your most important Google Sheets — the CRM, the orders log, the bookkeeping — as timestamped Excel files into a dated Google Drive folder every Sunday night, keeps the last 12 weeks, and deletes older copies automatically.

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Beginner · 15 min setup
Ops & MonitoringFREE
n8nOpenAIGoogle DriveGoogle Sheets
agent ready

Auto-Flag risky clauses with AI the Moment a PDF is uploaded to your drive

Every time a PDF is uploaded to your drive, this workflow hands it to OpenAI, which reads the contract and flags unusual or risky clauses. You get risky terms caught before you sign without lifting a finger.

n8nn8nOpenAIOpenAIGoogle DriveGoogle DriveGoogle SheetsGoogle Sheets
Advanced · 30 min setup
Ops & MonitoringFREE
n8nOpenAIGoogle DriveGoogle Sheets
agent ready

AI Document Agent in n8n: Summarize the contract When a new file lands in your intake folder

An n8n workflow that fires when a new file lands in your intake folder, then an AI agent summarizes the terms, dates and obligations in plain English — giving you contracts distilled to what you need to know. No code: import the JSON, connect your apps, and it runs 24/7.

n8nn8nOpenAIOpenAIGoogle DriveGoogle DriveGoogle SheetsGoogle Sheets
Beginner · 25 min setup
Ops & MonitoringFREE
n8nOpenAIGoogle DriveGoogle Sheets
agent ready

AI Document Agent in n8n: Extract key fields to a sheet When a new file lands in your intake folder

An n8n workflow that fires when a new file lands in your intake folder, then an AI agent reads the document and extracts the key fields into structured rows — giving you documents turned into clean data automatically. No code: import the JSON, connect your apps, and it runs 24/7.

n8nn8nOpenAIOpenAIGoogle DriveGoogle DriveGoogle SheetsGoogle Sheets
Beginner · 45 min setup
Ops & MonitoringFREE
n8nClaudeGoogle DriveGoogle Sheets
agent ready

Auto-Classify and file the document with AI the Moment a PDF is uploaded to your drive and Log It to Google Sheets

Every time a PDF is uploaded to your drive, this workflow hands it to Claude, which identifies the document type and files it in the right place. You get every document sorted the moment it arrives without lifting a finger.

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Advanced · 25 min setup
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