Automate employee onboarding with Groq, Gmail, Slack and Google Workspace

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Built by Redowan Ahmed Farhan Redowan Ahmed Farhan
Created on June 10, 2026

Description

How it works
New hire submits an onboarding form with their details
Groq AI generates personalised welcome content, Slack messages, and IT access request
Welcome email sent to the new hire via Gmail
Automated emails sent to HR, the manager, and IT team
Company Policy and Employee Handbook PDFs downloaded from Drive and attached
Slack messages posted to #general and #hr-team channels
Onboarding record appended to Google Sheets tracker

Set up steps
Estimated time: ~15 minutes
Connect Groq API, Gmail, Slack, Google Drive, and Google Sheets credentials
Upload your Policy and Handbook PDFs to Drive and link them in the Download nodes
Select your Slack channels in the two Slack nodes
Select your onboarding Google Sheet in the Append row node
Activate the workflow and share the form link with new hires

Nodes Used (8)

AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent
Code
n8n-nodes-base.code
Gmail
n8n-nodes-base.gmail
Google Drive
n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive
Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets
Groq Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatGroq
Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack
Structured Output Parser
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured