n8n Google Drive to Google Sheets Call Log w/ Palatine Speech

Automatically turn new Google Drive call recordings into a searchable Google Sheets call log—transcribed, sentiment-analyzed, and summarized with Palatine Speech

This n8n workflow monitors a specified Google Drive folder for newly uploaded call recordings, then transcribes and analyzes them with Palatine Speech. It compiles the results—date, filename, transcript, sentiment, and a meeting-style summary—and appends everything as a new row in your Google Sheets call log.

What this workflow does

• Triggers on new files in a chosen Google Drive folder.
• Filters audio/video files by MIME type and/or file extension, so only call recordings proceed.
• Downloads the recording from Google Drive.
• Runs Palatine Speech in parallel to generate a transcription and perform sentiment analysis.
• Combines transcript + sentiment, then asks Palatine Speech to produce a meeting summary from the transcript.
• Appends a new Google Sheets row containing: Date, original File name, Summary, Sentiment (as JSON), and the full Transcript.

Use cases

• Sales and support teams logging every call automatically for review and QA.
• Customer success operators tracking call sentiment over time in a dedicated Sheets dashboard.
• Automation engineers building an evidence-based call history (transcript + summary + sentiment) without manual effort.
• Teams that store call recordings in Google Drive and need centralized reporting in Google Sheets.

Technical details

• n8n nodes/workflow components: Set, Merge, Filter, Sticky Note, Google Drive, Google Sheets.
• Palatine Speech integration: Uses n8n-nodes-palatine-speech (self-hosted) or the verified package in n8n Cloud.
• Google Sheets headers required: Date, File, Summary, Sentiment, Transcript.
• Writes Sentiment as JSON and stores the full transcript in the log.

Built for reliable call logging with Palatine Speech + n8n—set it up once, and your Google Drive uploads instantly become a structured Google Sheets call history.