Contact form → Airtable + instant auto-reply

Website messages are saved in Airtable and the sender gets an instant confirmation.

Easy Saves ~3 hours/month Sales & CRMBy Flowngn team

Works with n8n · Make · Zapier

How it works

Trigger: Webhook — your website form posts to it
  1. Receive name, email and message from your form.
  2. Create a record in your Airtable "Inquiries" table.
  3. Email the sender: "Thanks, we'll reply within 24 hours".

Diagram

Contact formWebhookASave inquiryAirtableGAuto-replyGmail
Trigger App

Build it

Pick your tool — same automation, step by step.

Copy and paste straight into an n8n canvas (Ctrl+V), or download and use Import from File. Then connect your own credentials and replace every YOUR_… placeholder.

Workflow JSON
Show code (120 lines)
{
  "name": "Contact form → Airtable + instant auto-reply (Flowngn)",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "content": "## Contact form → Airtable + instant auto-reply\nWebsite messages are saved in Airtable and the sender gets an instant confirmation.\n\n**Setup**\n1. Open each node and connect your own credentials.\n2. Replace every YOUR_… placeholder.\n3. Test once, then activate.\n\nFree template from Flowngn",
        "height": 260,
        "width": 340
      },
      "id": "2c527986-fe42-4d6f-a6be-62e235483234",
      "name": "Setup notes",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        -420,
        -60
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "httpMethod": "POST",
        "path": "contact",
        "options": {}
      },
      "id": "2c527986-fe42-4d6f-a6be-62e235483234",
      "name": "Contact form",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.webhook",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "webhookId": "2c527986-fe42-4d6f-a6be-62e235483234"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "operation": "create",
        "base": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "YOUR_BASE_ID",
          "mode": "id"
        },
        "table": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "Inquiries",
          "mode": "name"
        },
        "columns": {
          "mappingMode": "defineBelow",
          "value": {
            "Name": "={{ $json.body.name }}",
            "Email": "={{ $json.body.email }}",
            "Message": "={{ $json.body.message }}",
            "Status": "New"
          }
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "id": "2c527986-fe42-4d6f-a6be-62e235483234",
      "name": "Save inquiry",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.airtable",
      "typeVersion": 2.1,
      "position": [
        300,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "sendTo": "={{ $('Contact form').item.json.body.email }}",
        "subject": "We got your message 👍",
        "emailType": "text",
        "message": "=Hi {{ $('Contact form').item.json.body.name }},\n\nThanks for getting in touch! We'll reply within 24 hours.\n\nYOUR_NAME",
        "options": {
          "appendAttribution": false
        }
      },
      "id": "2c527986-fe42-4d6f-a6be-62e235483234",
      "name": "Auto-reply",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
      "typeVersion": 2.1,
      "position": [
        600,
        0
      ]
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Contact form": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Save inquiry",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Save inquiry": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Auto-reply",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "pinData": {},
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": false
  },
  "tags": []
}

Open in the playground to edit →

Tips

  • Add a Status field in Airtable (New / Replied) to track follow-ups.

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