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AI Inbox Manager

AI inbox manager workflow from Gmail through Gemini and n8n to Telegram
Gmail → Gemini → n8n → Telegram. Each step runs on infrastructure you control.

Agentic Workflow Automation · Evaluated by Moneda AI

Operators comfortable running n8n who want inbox triage without adopting another SaaS

CategoryAgentic Workflow Automation

FromFree — self-hosted, MIT licensed

Best forOperators comfortable running n8n who want inbox triage without adopting another SaaS

Wins0 of 0

What it’s for

  • Gmail triage via the Gmail API, not a separate mail client
  • Gemini classifies which messages need action
  • n8n orchestrates the workflow — self-hosted or n8n Cloud
  • Urgent messages arrive in Telegram instead of the inbox
  • Runs on your own infrastructure; mail never transits a third-party service

Pricing

  • Free — self-hosted, MIT licensed
  • Paid tier available from the author

Job fit, data protection, and security

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Deploymentself-host

Would not choose if

  • You do not want to run and maintain an n8n instance.
  • You need a supported product with an SLA rather than a workflow you own.
  • Your mail is not on Gmail.

A workflow rather than a product. It wires four things you already run — Gmail, a Gemini API key, n8n, and Telegram — into inbox triage that surfaces what needs action and leaves everything else alone.

The design choice worth noting is what it doesn’t do: it never becomes your mail client. Messages stay in Gmail, filtering happens in n8n on infrastructure you control, and only the alert reaches you. Nothing is forwarded to a third party, which is the usual trade with hosted inbox tools.

Source and setup instructions are on GitHub: hpychan/ai-inbox-manager-free.

It carries no rating and sits in no comparison. Moneda scores products it puts on a shortlist against each other; a free workflow you assemble and run yourself is not that, and a number here would imply a comparison that was never made.

If you want a supported product rather than something you maintain, the AI inbox manager comparison covers SaneBox, Shortwave and Superhuman.