Abandoned Cart Recovery Email Workflow (n8n + Gemini AI)

Recover abandoned carts automatically with an n8n + Google Gemini email workflow

This Abandoned Cart Recovery Email Workflow (n8n + Gemini AI) receives abandoned cart events via a webhook, uses Google Gemini to generate a personalized recovery email, sends it through your email provider API and n8n’s SMTP Email Send, then returns a clean JSON status response.

What this workflow does

• Receives abandoned cart data via a webhook endpoint (based on your e-commerce platform’s event payload).
• Generates a recovery email with Gemini using an AI Agent to produce structured output including:
  • Subject
  • HTML body
  • Discount code
  • Recovery link
  • Product names
• Sends the email via your provider HTTP API by calling the API endpoint with an API key in the authorization header.
• Sends the same recovery email again via n8n SMTP using the configured SMTP credentials in n8n.
• Normalizes the AI output, adds a success/error status and timestamp, and returns JSON to the webhook caller.

Use cases

• Reduce revenue leakage by triggering abandoned cart recovery emails the moment a customer leaves checkout.
• Use Gemini-generated subject lines and HTML content tailored to the cart’s product names and recovery link.
• Validate multi-channel delivery by sending the generated recovery email through both an email provider API and n8n SMTP.
• Automation engineers deploying a reusable n8n template for SaaS operators running custom checkout events.

Technical details

• Webhook: Accepts abandoned cart payloads from your event source.
• AI Agent (Google Gemini): Produces a recovery email JSON (subject, HTML, discount code, recovery link, product names).
• HTTP Request: Sends email content using your email provider’s HTTP API endpoint + API key authorization header.
• Email Send (SMTP): Sends the same recovery email again via n8n’s built-in SMTP email sender.
• Code node: Normalizes output and prepares the final webhook JSON response.

Setup highlights: configure the webhook URL, add Google AI (Gemini) credentials, provide your email provider API endpoint + key, and set SMTP credentials (ensure the payload includes recipient_email or map it accordingly).