Turn raw meeting notes into action items with owners and due dates

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01 / 12Google Drive Trigger

Trigger when notes are added to a Doc

Create a workflow and add a Google Drive Trigger watching a specific "Meeting Notes" folder for updated files, so saving your notes there is what starts everything.

The n8n panel for: Trigger when notes are added to a Doc5 things to set here
  1. 1Open the Google Drive Trigger node — double-click it on the canvas
  2. 2Workflow name — copy the value below
  3. 3Trigger On — copy the value below
  4. 4Event — copy the value below
  5. 5Check before moving on — Updating a test document in the folder starts a workflow execution.
Google Drive Trigger panel in n8nTap to enlarge
Workflow name
Meeting notes to action items
Trigger On
Specific Folder
Event
File Updated
Tip
While testing, swap this for a Manual Trigger with a fixed block of sample notes in a Set node — it's far quicker to iterate on the prompt that way.
Checkpoint
Updating a test document in the folder starts a workflow execution.