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Weekly Business Report: n8n workflow that emails you a summary every Monday

Start the week knowing where you stand. This workflow pulls last week's rows from your sheets, does the maths, compares it with the week before and writes a plain-English summary you can read in a minute.

How the workflow runs

  1. ScheduleRuns every Monday morning.
  2. Google SheetsReads last week's and the week before's rows.
  3. NumbersTotals, averages and week-on-week change, calculated in code.
  4. AI summaryWrites a short report and emails it to you or your team.

What you get

  • A Monday email with your key numbers
  • Week-on-week changes worked out for you
  • Plain-English highlights and things to check
  • Works with the sheets you already keep

What you need

  • n8n (Cloud or self-hosted)
  • Google Sheets with a date column
  • Gmail or any SMTP email
  • Any OpenAI-compatible AI key

Set up in about 10 min

  1. Get the fileDownload the .json workflow and setup guide.
  2. ImportIn n8n, open a new workflow and choose Import from File.
  3. ConnectAdd your own accounts where the sticky notes point.
  4. ActivateRun once to test, then publish. It keeps running on its own.

Questions

Does the AI do the maths?

No. Numbers are calculated in code; the AI only writes the summary, so figures are exact.

Can it read Stripe or Shopify?

Yes, add their nodes in place of or next to Google Sheets.

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