Evening digest of unread emails on Telegram

Every evening, get a list of today's unread emails (sender and subject) on Telegram, so nothing important is missed.

Easy Saves ~2 hours/month ProductivityBy Flowngn team

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How it works

Trigger: Schedule — every day at 18:00

Get today's unread emails, skipping promotions and social.
Build a list of senders and subjects.
Send it to Telegram.

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Trigger App Code

Code

JavaScript used in the Code step — already included in the template below.

Build digest · Code node

// Lists today's unread emails (sender + subject) as one Telegram message.
const mails = $input.all().map((item) => item.json).filter((m) => m.id);
if (!mails.length) return [{ json: { message: "📭 Inbox zero: no unread emails from today." } }];

const lines = mails.slice(0, 20).map((m) => {
  const from = String(m.From || m.from?.text || "").replace(/<.*>/, "").trim();
  return `• ${from}: ${m.Subject || m.subject || "(no subject)"}`;
});
const more = mails.length > 20 ? `\n…and ${mails.length - 20} more` : "";

return [{ json: { message: `📬 ${mails.length} unread emails today\n\n${lines.join("\n")}${more}` } }];

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 (130 lines)

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    },
    {
      "parameters": {
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        "returnAll": true,
        "filters": {
          "q": "is:unread newer_than:1d -category:promotions -category:social"
        }
      },
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      "alwaysOutputData": true
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "jsCode": "// Lists today's unread emails (sender + subject) as one Telegram message.\nconst mails = $input.all().map((item) => item.json).filter((m) => m.id);\nif (!mails.length) return [{ json: { message: \"📭 Inbox zero: no unread emails from today.\" } }];\n\nconst lines = mails.slice(0, 20).map((m) => {\n  const from = String(m.From || m.from?.text || \"\").replace(/<.*>/, \"\").trim();\n  return `• ${from}: ${m.Subject || m.subject || \"(no subject)\"}`;\n});\nconst more = mails.length > 20 ? `\\n…and ${mails.length - 20} more` : \"\";\n\nreturn [{ json: { message: `📬 ${mails.length} unread emails today\\n\\n${lines.join(\"\\n\")}${more}` } }];"
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    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "chatId": "YOUR_CHAT_ID",
        "text": "={{ $json.message }}",
        "additionalFields": {
          "appendAttribution": false
        }
      },
      "id": "3c103bed-d1db-4cc9-a2c4-9657bf6cad00",
      "name": "Send to Telegram",
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    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": false
  },
  "tags": []
}

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Tips

Change the search in the Gmail step, e.g. add -from:noreply to cut notifications.

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