GM Monday morning brief (n8n recipe)
Outcome: One email with last week's key numbers, what changed, and the one thing to act on.
What you need
- Scheduled report emails from PMS/POS/labor systems (CSV or Excel)
- n8n
- LLM node
- Google Sheets for history
Steps
- Email Trigger (IMAP): catch the scheduled report emails into a dedicated mailbox.
- Extract From File node: parse the CSV/XLSX attachments.
- Code node: compute week-over-week change for 5–8 KPIs (occupancy, ADR, RevPAR or covers, labor %, review score).
- Google Sheets: append the week to a history tab.
- LLM node: 'Write a 120-word brief: 3 biggest moves, likely causes based only on these numbers, one recommended action.'
- Send Email node: to the GM at 7:00 AM Monday.
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