Search Outlook Emails with Natural Language Queries using GPT-4o

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Built by Robert Breen Robert Breen
Created on June 05, 2026

Description


This workflow allows you to search your Outlook mailbox with natural language. You type what you’re looking for (e.g., “invoice from last week”), and the workflow:
Uses OpenAI to generate a search query.
Searches Outlook emails and ranks them by relevance.
Outputs results in a simple table with score + link to each email.

👉 The number of results can be changed (default: 5).

⚙️ Setup Instructions

1️⃣ Set Up OpenAI Connection
Go to OpenAI Platform
Navigate to OpenAI Billing
Add funds to your billing account
Copy your API key into the OpenAI credentials in n8n

2️⃣ Set Up Outlook Connection
In n8n → Credentials → New → Microsoft Outlook OAuth2 API
Log in with your Outlook account & approve access
Attach this credential to the Search Outlook node in the workflow
(Optional) Change the limit parameter in the node if you want more/less than 5 results

📬 Contact Information
Need help customizing this workflow or building similar automations?

📧 [email protected]
🔗 Robert Breen
🌐 ynteractive.com

Nodes Used (5)

AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent
Microsoft Outlook
n8n-nodes-base.microsoftOutlook
OpenAI Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi
Simple Memory
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.memoryBufferWindow
Structured Output Parser
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured