My first n8n workflow — AI cold email follow-up system

Been playing with n8n for a few weeks now. Coming from zero coding background so the learning curve was steep but worth it.

Built this cold email follow-up system that:

  • Takes lead info (name, company, email, a personal note)
  • Uses OpenAI to write a personalized cold email
  • Sends it, waits 4 days, checks for reply
  • If no reply, generates and sends a follow-up
  • Stops automatically if they reply

Right now it does 4 follow-ups over 14 days. I actually uploaded a free 2-step version to the template library (pending review).

Would love some feedback from people who actually know what they’re doing. Anything I could improve? Also happy to share the workflow json if anyone wants it.